Category Archives: Backup

Sky Drive – Home Contents Backup

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

I recently saw a video about Joplin’s tornado and it said that people were being offered 50% of their contents insurance unless they could provide a written list of everything in the house. I have about $250,000 contents insurance. That … Continue reading →

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Microsoft PowerPoint Has Stopped Working – Fixed with a Restore Point

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

I opened up a PowerPoint slide show recently on my laptop, tried to do a “Save As” and received the above two messages. Since I was using Power Point 2010 I tried to “Convert” my ppt to a pptx file … Continue reading →

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Restoring Deleted Files – Windows 7

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

Every once in a while I will delete a file and then later wish that I had it. It may be in the Recycle Bin, but sometimes, it’s not. In Windows 7 you have a way to restore that file/folder … Continue reading →

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Google Data Backup

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

If you use Google and all its services , like email, documents, pictures etc. you may have a tinge of fear having all your stuff in one place. Now, it’s fairly easy to backup everything which Google has for you … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 – Recovery/Restore Points

Posted on September 4, 2011 by

One way to protect yourself from a wonky computer is to backup critical files on a regular basis. Win 7 has a way to do that automatically and in the background.  You’ll find it under System Properties – System Protection … Continue reading →

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Restoring from Windows 7 Restore – NOT!

Posted on September 2, 2011 by

While backup up with Win 7 is a good thing, an even better thing is being able to restore that backup. After doing about three backups over a period of six months I thought I would just check and make … Continue reading →

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Notes from a Dead Hard Drive

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

After many years my Segate 1 gb hard drive died instantly. There was no warning, it just stopped functioning today. After trying to resuscitate it via screw-driver tapping and freezer shock, it was obviously gone. Normally I might try SpinRite … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Backup and Restore

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

1. Buy a USB external hard drive. The bigger the better as you may be using this for a long time. I prefer the small USB powered drives. Plug it in and then connect the USB to your computer. 2. … Continue reading →

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Free Backup Online

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

I thought I might summarize some of your different options on saving files in the cloud. Google documents – I create and save quite a few documents here. Yahoo Email – I even send some files to my Yahoo account … Continue reading →

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Backing Up with SyncToy

Posted on September 1, 2010 by

If you’re looking for a simple and FREE way to backup your files, SyncToy from Microsoft, might just work for you.  I normally used a product I paid for, but since I use numerous computers, I was looking for a … Continue reading →

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