Comments on: If it’s good enough for Rush Limbaugh… http://girlontheright.com/2008/10/28/if-its-good-enough-for-rush-limbaugh/ For girls with pearls... Since 2004 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:38:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Girl On The Right » Blog Archive » So Rush really was right after all http://girlontheright.com/2008/10/28/if-its-good-enough-for-rush-limbaugh/comment-page-1/#comment-3414 Girl On The Right » Blog Archive » So Rush really was right after all Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:29:44 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/2008/10/28/if-its-good-enough-for-rush-limbaugh/#comment-3414 [...] know that Carbonite Backup thingy I ordered a few weeks ago? Thank God (and Rush Limbaugh) that I did. No, I haven’t had a problem yet, but the laptop [...] [...] know that Carbonite Backup thingy I ordered a few weeks ago? Thank God (and Rush Limbaugh) that I did. No, I haven’t had a problem yet, but the laptop [...]

]]> By: Jim R http://girlontheright.com/2008/10/28/if-its-good-enough-for-rush-limbaugh/comment-page-1/#comment-3157 Jim R Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:43:47 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/2008/10/28/if-its-good-enough-for-rush-limbaugh/#comment-3157 Oh, and FYI, you can use Vista's Start/Program/Accessories/SystemTools/Backup and Status utility to do what an online backup does, excepting you do it locally using a DVD R/W disk. It can be set to Automatically backup your personal files locally, but not likely as easy and transparent as an online service. Oh, and FYI, you can use Vista’s Start/Program/Accessories/SystemTools/Backup and Status utility to do what an online backup does, excepting you do it locally using a DVD R/W disk. It can be set to Automatically backup your personal files locally, but not likely as easy and transparent as an online service.

]]> By: Jim R http://girlontheright.com/2008/10/28/if-its-good-enough-for-rush-limbaugh/comment-page-1/#comment-3156 Jim R Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:35:28 +0000 http://girlontheright.com/2008/10/28/if-its-good-enough-for-rush-limbaugh/#comment-3156 Keep in mind online backups do not backup OS files, just your personal user files. So if you lose your harddrive altogether, you want to have a full harddrive 'image' backup so if you need to replace your bad harddrive, you will need to reload ALL original system/drive files to the new drive via the PC's DVD drive. Dell likely provides a disk backup utility program to backup an 'image' of your harddrive on DVD-R(read only and cheap) or DVD-R/W(read and write reusable and expensive). This will normally take 2 to 4 DVDs and about 30 minutes. Do not use CD-R or CD-R/W disks since they do not hold enough data and take way to long on way too many disks, although they can be used too. If you have an online backup service, you should only need to backup an image of your harddrive about every 6 months, or whenever you have loaded new software application(s) that would not be easily done again on a new harddrive. Your online service will recover all your 'personal' files to a new harddrive or new PC. Hope this helps you understand online backup limitations. They are for your personal files and preferences, not OS and Program files. Keep in mind online backups do not backup OS files, just your personal user files. So if you lose your harddrive altogether, you want to have a full harddrive ‘image’ backup so if you need to replace your bad harddrive, you will need to reload ALL original system/drive files to the new drive via the PC’s DVD drive.

Dell likely provides a disk backup utility program to backup an ‘image’
of your harddrive on DVD-R(read only and cheap) or DVD-R/W(read and write reusable and expensive). This will normally take 2 to 4 DVDs and about 30 minutes. Do not use CD-R or CD-R/W disks since they do not hold enough data and take way to long on way too many disks, although they can be used too.

If you have an online backup service, you should only need to backup an image of your harddrive about every 6 months, or whenever you have loaded new software application(s) that would not be easily done again on a new harddrive. Your online service will recover all your ‘personal’ files to a new harddrive or new PC.

Hope this helps you understand online backup limitations. They are for your personal files and preferences, not OS and Program files.

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