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I do. My slate has an internal solid state hard drive, but it only holds 64 gig. So I’ve been using a 32 gig SD card (as a “D:” drive) for my “data” hard drive and the original hard disk for my executables — the “C:” drive, as it were. But the other day, our [...]

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I’ve never been a big fan of backing up on line. My laptop has a 300 Gig drive that’s packed with info. Not only does it take a long time to backup over the Internet, but I also want to get to my info when I want to get to it, not just when the [...]

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Dropbox was mentioned on Brigada in 2010/09/05 under a submission about Virtual Filing Cabinet (PC only). Dropbox (Mac and PC) is indeed a great collaboration tool, but it is also a great free backup system for up to 2G+ of your data. Keep current projects in your private Dropbox folder, and every change you save [...]

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That’s what happened to my laptop last week: The dreaded “Fan Error.” Just because of the apparent weariness of one $5 fan part, the entire Thinkpad grinds to a screeching halt. Fortunately, I had been using a simple tool, described earlier here in Brigada, entitled, Syncback. See the freeware version at… http://www.2brightsparks.com/freeware/freeware-hub.html Or compare features [...]

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Just visit http://www.carbonite.com You won’t have to buy any cartridges, memory devices or tape drives. Just kick things off with Carbonite.com and, bam, you’re backin’ up like never before. What’s more, you’ll be able to restore from anywhere in the world, any time you want.

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