Comments on: Dell’s Got Your Back(up)

By: Tatonka

Tatonka — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:36:13 +0000

oh my gosh. never heard such a weird thing. i mean hey ever heard of acronis, phone explorer and last but not least PC MOVER. PC Mover can catch everything even installed Programs, use it for years now.

By: www.onlinebackupvault.com

www.onlinebackupvault.com — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:27:00 +0000

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By: Edgar

Edgar — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:03:20 +0000

Completely automatic, no-brainer online backup already exists. It’s called Carbonite. “Unlimited” storage space for $50 a year. I bought it a few months ago and it’s awesome — it just sits there and works in the background.

(I don’t know if any online backup service would be practical for someone with 600GB, though. Your computer would probably crash before you had a chance to upload it all.)

By: Jennifer Hicks

Jennifer Hicks — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:16:00 +0000

Backing up mobile data is what ZYB.com does. They back up a users mobile data for FREE. They let you take your mobile data online (if you want to) and bring it to life in a social context, plus they keep the link alive to the native contact list and calendar on the mobile giving users control of their mobile data.

By: james

james — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:55:35 +0000

you’ve seen timemachine. all consumers need is an external hard drive or if they have a powermac another drive dedicated to backups. and i believe it sets itself up.

By: Rory

Rory — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:27:24 +0000

This sounds like the perfect solution for me. Currently I am considering building or buying a new computer. My issue is I already have a slave IDE hard drive that holds over 60GB of media and files that I need. My primary recently crashed, and I need to buy a new one. If I must do that, I would like to start purchasing towards my new computer (SATA drives). I dont want to waste my money on old technology and replace with another IDE, but I dont want to spend loads of money on pieces of a new computer when im not sure when i can afford the whole thing.

Now I know i can spend for a small hard drive, and when the time comes, Dell can handle everything I need. Thanks Dell!

By: Allan Leinwand

Allan Leinwand — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:43:08 +0000

Hi Mark,

Yes, 600MB should be 600GB. We'll get that fixed - thanks.

Allan

By: Werner Egipsy Souza

Werner Egipsy Souza — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:02:23 +0000

Heavy data such as media, should be backed up separately, it should be the important personalisation parameters which should be stored.
This is a part of the reason why I use Firefox and Thunderbird on my PC. Everytime there is a reinstall done, I just have to point to my backup profiles, and it’s like I never changed anything.

For a normal phone, the main thing is the backup of contacts, that’s why bluetooth synchronisation should be something to look out for, in the next phone.

By: Belgo1

Belgo1 — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:20:56 +0000

Why not having Dell or others proposing a “platform solution” (personal device (à la iPod)+ a backup/viewer (à la iTunes).

I’m sure most people aren’t doing backup because it’s not a “natural process”.

Let’s think about an “integrated sync personal device” doing images/songs/videos along with docs backup/viewer.. doing backup of “sensible folders” (applications,…).

All backup solutions are too much techminded…make it personal, well integrated (I mean unattended but done backups) and people (including my wife, children…) will do backup.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:21:20 +0000

why not get a Western Digital external HD and use it for backup and xfer of files between PCs. its about $120 at Costco for 120GB. A lot simpler and faster than doing your own NAS

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 07:08:17 +0000

Is the 600MB a typo? That’d fit on a cd.

By: Tom Mornini

Tom Mornini — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:44:04 +0000

"Moving all of your files from one computer to another is a pain. "

Not true. Moving all our files from one Window's computer to another is a pain.

With a new Macintosh, you answer a few questions that come up when you turn your new system on, connect the two together, and everything transfer perfectly.

By: Andrew Holt

Andrew Holt — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:34:36 +0000

Intriguing idea, although privacy is my biggest concern. I wouldn’t want to send all of the financial projections and product documents for my company to Dell (though I’m sure they’ll take privacy very seriously).

Bandwidth and size limitations are another issue. Tranferring less than 1GB isn’t a big deal for me - I’ll do it all on a memory stick. But what about my 20GB’s of movies and music? This is always the biggest challenge for me when migrating to a new computer, and I usually end up solving it by making my old hard drive a slave in the new computer, and moving files over - hardly an elegant solution. An online solution isn’t the fix either, as my upload is capped at 45k/sec on Comcast. I suppose 5 days of non-stop uploading is feasible, but not practical. And, frankly, my 20GB of media pales in comparison to some of my friends’ collections.