For clarification, I use Acronis Home Backup (see below) at home. If you want to make sure your UM computers are either fully backed up or at least the data is backed up, please contact your support person. The University has backup guidelines and policies. Your computer support person should know how to meet your needs within IT requirements.
Bill Vilberg - bill.vilberg@miami.edu, 786-250-2255
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>> Ed-Tech list members,
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>> I use Acronis Home Backup to keep my Windows computers backed up. It is fairly inexpensive, works well, and allows you to create a complete backup so you can restore EVERYTHING to a new HD if you need to. I create a new backup every month and then do incremental backups during the month. That lets me restore anything that I need to. I have amazed customer support people on the phone when I call with a computer problem and say at I ha a complete backup. I know that it is only a matter of time until hardware breaks, and i don't have time to restore everything from scratch.
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>> Today and tomorrow Bits du Jour has a special deal on Acronis Home Backup. Only $24.99 for the base system and the add-on that lets you do a COMPLETE restore to any hard drive, even one of a different size than the original. This deal is scheduled to end at midnight on Friday. If you already have a backup system, use it. If you don't, this is the one that I use.
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>> http://bitsdujour.com/
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>> Bill Vilberg - bill.vilberg@miami.edu, 786-250-2255
