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PhilMcTankup


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A rather embassassing incident today got me thinking about security of data  redface.gif

Everything is done on my home pc. I copy the data files onto two memory sticks. I remove one from the machine at night and (don't laugh) take it into the bedroom with me, I also take it with me if I leave the house overnight. If I didn't, knowing my luck, burglars would steal my pc or it would be destroyed in a house fire or get frazled by a lightning strike (do I worry too much?)  worry.gif

Anyway, when opening the bathroom blinds this morning, I managed to drop the stick down the loo (fortunately the loo water was clean!) toilet.gifomfg.gif
Cursing, I rinsed it under the tap and put it to dry in the sun all day. Put it in the pc this evening and it works fine (phew).

I need to develop a better method of data security than this  ashamed.gif

I understand there are facilities you can pay for online enabling you to store data in a remote secure server at a fee. Anyone use them?

I suppose I could password-protect the files and attach them to a draft email and store it remotely that way for free, seems a bit cumbersome and slow though.

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Phil

I use a service called dropbox for all my critical data - Sage, Payroll etc. As well as an external drive at home for general backup. The first 2gb is free

http://www.dropbox.com/

I'm sure there's lots of choices though



-- Edited by ADAS on Thursday 30th of September 2010 08:53:37 PM

-- Edited by ADAS on Thursday 30th of September 2010 08:55:04 PM

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Susie Sue


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Funnily enough I was looking at this the other night and some I looked at were quite expensive - not good!! Maybe I was looking at the wrong ones...?  hmm

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My internet security package (Norton 360) comes with 2GB of remote backup free, you can also upgrade at a cost for more storage.

It is customisable so it runs automatically when the machine is idle and only copies files that you want backed up.

I think it was about £60 for the package (for three PCs/ Laptops) and I prefer it to Mcafee, although it does slow down emails transmission quite a bit

Bill

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Hi

I use dropbox (free version) as well

I had a small problem with it a while back and their custome support via email was very good

And memory sticks kept in a safe just to make sure

Regards

Mark


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PhilMcTankup


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Thanks for the advice guys, plenty of options available so it seems  smile

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