I also send my genealogy files by Dropbox on a regular basis to a cousin who lives 5,000 miles from where I am just to increase their odds of survival.
I suppose it's possible that something so catastrophic and instantaneous could happen to my entire computer desk and accompanying shelves that I wouldn't have the opportunity to grab a backup drive. I don't want to stretch my creative imagination that far but now that I think of it; perhaps something like the floor caving in. But if the floor goes so do I. So I won't care about the 'restore' options. I generally consider myself out of my house with a backup drive in my pocket as a 'second place'. Other second places could be scattering backup drives around my house so they're not all in the same room. Just in case a flood makes it up to the 3rd floor. OK, seriously -- bad things happen and a lot of times they're not scheduled. So, it's worthwhile thinking about the possibilities and how to cover as many potential scenarios as possible. Safety deposit box won't work for people with mobility issues. ----- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://jlog.jgen.ws/ On 3/26/2013 5:06 PM, Paul Gray wrote: > Hi JL Beeken, > > I use the safety deposit box. I actually have 2 USB external drives, > so I make a backup to one, take it to the bank and put it in the box, > at the same returning home with the older drive. I'm lucky, my bank > is (literally) a five minute walk, so it's no big deal. I do it > faithfully once a month. I also use cloud storage, so I have two > offsite backups. Many of these services are free. I would never use > them as my only backup, but they are a valuable option. > > Having backups in a second place is critical. One doesn't like to > tempt fate, but suffering some type of flood or fire (maybe even in > just one room of a home) could potentially result in total data > loss. > > > Paul Gray Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
