What is your current backup plan for your computer?

at work it is automated, if you put your data in a share drive, but at home I do not have one and I know I really need to get one. I have genealogy work that dates over 20 years and photographs that cannot be replaced.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

My most devastating loss of data would be my music, my photographs and my genealogy work . It has taken me a long time to rip all of my cds and records. The pictures date to last century and are very hard to find again. The genealogy has been work that has been done over the last century by the different family memners. All of this is precious to me..

How would this prize package help you?

I would actually be able to safeguard my information and backup everuthing that is important to me on an external drive.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
Secondary hard drive in my PC.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
Pictures, so many memories lost forever!

How would this prize package help you?
Give me a secure and more reliable backup location for all my precious documents.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
Currently I backup my files on DVDs, but over the years my family and I have accumulated such a large amount of files it is becoming difficult to store everything on DVDs. Everytime it's taking us between 3 - 5 DVDs to store our data.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
If my hard drive failed or the data was deleted, we will lose a lot of creative data and business data. My mom and I have a small business and we keep our databases and accounting histories in the hard drive. It would be an accounting nightmare if we lost that data! Not to mention the customer database that we have established. We also have the photos for all our original items and it would be extremely costly to have to re-shoot everything, in terms of time and money.

How would this prize package help you?
The prize package would make it more convenient and easy to store/ backup the valuable data on our computer. It will certainly make it easier to retreive everything since the harddrive has such massive storage. And from an organization standpoint, it'll definitely be better than going through piles of DVDs hoping I've picked up the right one with the files I'm looking for on it.

Thanks for this amazing contest!
Tintong

1. What is your current backup plan for your computer?
2. What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
3. How would this prize package help you?

1. My current backup plan is backing up to an external drive and also writing them to cd disk.
2. The most devastating loss for me would be my art work as I am a business graphic/logo designer and 3-d world and web designer.
3. This prize package would help me backup the terrabytes of data I already have, 3-d manipulation and storage is naturally quite immense.

I backup my pictures to Flickr and other files to Amazon S3 using Jungle Disk.
The worst loss would be my financial data and music.
I have lots of music and pictures to back up which would be easier to backup to an external drive instead of a broadband connection.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

I burn some CD and DVDs as a back up for essential information and now and then. It is really archaic as it doesn't' lend itself to being found easily. And then you have stacks and stacks of Cd's that you're afraid to throw away.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

All of it has value to me. My pictures and music and some video I shot have all taken a hit from some recent crashes. I also would lose years worth of resumes and cover letters. Since I have several irons in the fire so to speak and not one set career, I need to have several industry types tailored to whatever opens up. The right phrase can earn you an interview.

How would this prize package help you? One final backup and in one place. I could get rid of stacks of Cd's that have incomplete info and stop having my files all over the place. It could be one solution and in one place.

“What is your current backup plan for your computer?”

So before external drives became popular I bought a cd burner so I could burn pictures, word doc etc… to cd’s. This worked for a while, but the cheap external cd burner I bought a few years ago has since stopped working, so I am actually in the market for an external drive


”What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?”

Photos…. With the wonderful technology of digital cameras, comes an easy chance for a life time of photos to be lost. I lost photos once… pictures of my son growing up, pictures from my wedding, first anniversary spent at Niagara Falls etc.. lost a lot of collage work I had on there, but that nothing in comparison to a life time of memories.



”How would this prize package help you?”

It would allow me to have the means to back up my data, and avoid loss of my valuable pictures

(1)What is your current backup plan for your computer?

Currently I don't really back up. On occassion I've backed up to thumb drive. I've been thinking about this lately as there are many things I'd hate to lose. I use to back up to floppy, but my current pc doesn't have a floppy drive.

(2) What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

It would be most devastating to lose the pictures I have on my computer because those are memories that I cherish. I'd hate to lose my email and my most important personal/business documents too.

(3)How would this prize package help you?

This prize would first of all make me very thankful to have, as reading this contest has brought to mind even more the fact that I stand to lose a lot if I lose what is on my computer. The external device would help me be a lot more responsible and it would of course save my files should anything cause my computer to crash or be corrupted.

Thank you for the support you offer,I've read a lot of the topics and resposnes. Thank you for contests too!

Thatguy418

Backup? Due to the age of all my equipment I had the spread any important documents amongst the three aging computers that we have. I am nearly out of space, there are several thousand family photos dating back to the 70's, which takes up lots of room. One reliable point of backup would be great. We've tried burning cd's and dvd's but they go bad after a few years, and one or two scratches and they can be gone.

Clearly loosing the photos and home videos would be devastating to me personally, my butt would be quite sore from my wife kicking it. Nearly everything else could be easily replaced.

The prize package would allow me to breath and not worry about the old power grid here. We get a lot of fluctuations in the neighborhood due to the age of the lines, which has killed one UPS already. An external HDD with it's own UPS for the entire network would be fantastic.

My current backup plan on my computer is that I back it up with cd's and a flash drive. I have the same data on both of them to make sure it does not get lost. I also have a network that I can back it up onto. I backup my data about three or four times a week.

I would be most devastated if my music was lost becuase I listen to it a lot and enjoy it.

This prize package would help me with backing up my data more often and I would appreciate if something every happened to my data that it would not be lost. This would also be helpful becuase I travel a lot and I could bring all my data around where every I go.

My back-up is a 3yr. old 74 gb external hard drive. I bought it after my hard drive crashed and I lost everything. Now I back-up everything every month or so. I particularly hated that I lost financial info and programs I had purchased on-line and downloaded.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

My current plan is a lot of other half-started plans. I own a Linksys NSLU2 that I have attached one ext. drive to, which I have only started to use (with no set plan in place). I also own a Netgear SC101, which I started to use, but I've already had a drive mirror fail and that was AFTER I read all the bad reviews of this product. I've got a hand-me-down server that I'm trying to build/setup - but my free time has been rare due to being unemployed and looking for work (as of last week, I'm not gainfully employed - but that just means I'm still busy).

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

Pictures, email, music, etc. - They would all be devastating to me. The pictures, because I now have an eleven month old daughter and those memories are important to me. Email - because I have important ideas/conversations there. Music - because I've accumulated a lot of it over the years. Small losses of any of those would hurt, large amounts of any of those would be akin to a disaster.

How would this prize package help you?

My "dream" plan is to establish a structured, reliable plan for data redundancy. A FreeAgent bundle would definitely help with that...I could use the NSLU2 - have the 1TB as the primary drive, use the 500GB as the backup.

Spencer

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

I don't have a plan I just got my computer not long ago and have not ventured into that yet


What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

My photos of my family, and my documents


How would this prize package help you?

I wold be able to make sure that no matter what happens to my computer I will have back-up for everything I need!!

thanks for the contest!

i currently have no backup plan. and after reading some of the other post it is obvious that i must rectify this as i am currently in the process of downloading the "soundtrack of my life" and have already downloaded in excess of 3000 songs. thanks for making me think.

keith james

1. What is your current backup plan for your computer?

I currently rely on my CD's for back up . They usually get scratched or lost . I have many important things on my comp and dont have the money to buy
an external hdd or a DVD writer as i am a student. Right now nothing else seems to work .

2. What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
THAT would be terrible as I have many childhood photos and videos . Before they were on floppys and that almost got corrupt . So i decided to copy
them onto my only 10 yr old comp . Now i am afraid that it might die on me http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/sty...default/sad.gif


3. How would this prize package help you?
It would defiantly help me as I can store all my files from my 10 yr old comp (almost as old as me ) and store my memories forever (thats why hard
drive have memory right?)It would be great so I dont lose all my family photos from around the world and videos too (trying to squeeze onto a 7.2 gb
hard drive right now )I could also store my 10 yr old software worth alot to me .

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

Not much of a plan as I don't have the space for backup.

What would be the most devastating loss of data

Without a doubt it would be my documents, pictures and music.

How would this prize package help you?

I would have the second drive that I have always wanted but at present unable to afford.......

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
I have an older pc that is laying around just incase anything happenes to the one I'm using now.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
I think pictures, screenshots from games and information such as account names for games, passwords etc..

How would this prize package help you?
Well this pc unfortunately only has about 60 gigs total of hard drive space, around 34 gis left. Which is kinda crappy, so I'm always cautious when it comes to installing games that take a lot of HD space.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
Not great about it, but but up to CDs. I know I should be doing more, but the budget doesn't allow for much at the time.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
Pictures I've finally scanned, email and music. I could find most of the other important stuff.
How would this prize package help you?

Wouldn't have any excuse not to back up files.

I am not backing up anything right now. I am really a noob and learning everyday.

The most devastating loss would be all the information I have saved and compiled in my files, and my pics on here of my family, which most have died recently and I do not want to lost those pics

How this would help me, would be to save these items I do not want to lose, and to learn more about transfers and how to back up my hard drive. It is apparently very important and something that I did not think about until now.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

I use Mozy Home to backup my most important files.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

Email and pictures. I can't lose any music because I only listens to streams from last.fm and other services.

How would this prize package help you?

I could backup all the pictures and videos I've ever made since I got my first digital camera.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

I use Ghost 2003 Images. About once a month to a partition, and then to DVD every couple of months. In between I make data backups to the partition and/or to cd-dvd disks.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

If my hdd actually failed, then I would lose all the fairly recent backups and Ghost Images. I think the disk backups and system images would recover most of my important stuff, so it wouldn't be exactly devastating. But it wouldn't be a fun time either.

How would this prize package help you?

I don't have any experience with more than one hdd, but I suppose what I'd do with it is just clone what I have now on a regular basis, so I could be back in business almost immediately. I've already replaced the hdd in this computer. Balancing the cost of another hdd against spending more to just replace this older computer is something I don't look forward to. This would be the next best thing.

What is your current backup plan for your computer? What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? How would this prize package help you?

I'm using my laptop (but only for a few specific folders, i.e. email, calendar, copies of my husband's paintings) and an external hard drive to backup my data from my desktop pc. The most devasting data that I could lose would be my extensive genealogy research as well as pictures of my ancestors and family. Would love another external hard drive as what you are giving away is larger than my current capacity and genealogy/photos take up a LOT of space!!

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
Well at the moment i don't really have a proper backup plan. I have just kept the most valuable data on CD's.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
Pictures yes but more importantly music. I have uploaded many pictures on the web but all those songs took some time and effort to accumulate. I also have soft copies of engineering books and other related material that would be hard to find anywhere else.

How would this prize package help you?
This prize could really prove its worth for me once i start my final year project. That's when i would need to have a secure backup of several versions of the whole project. So i hope i can get my hand on this prize soon.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

I don't really have one. I've burned some of my (really) old pictures onto CDs, but I haven't done all of them.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

My photos. I dabble in a bit of professional photography, and if my hard drive failed, all the photos from the last year would be deleted. It would be beyond devastating. My husband would lose all his iTunes music as well, and that would be the most devastating for him.

How would this prize package help you?

It would help me to keep our computer free of my photos, which my husband claims are just taking up space needlessly. (I beg to differ.) It would help me out VERY much.

What is your current backup plan for your computer? The only back-up option I have is to CD, and it is really a pain.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? The most devasting things to lose would be the pictures, and I try to keep up with backing them up. Most data can be recreated, music reloaded, applications reloaded, but pictures disappear for good.

How would this prize package help you? It would give me a much better, secure option of backing up data, applications, images, and music than I have now.

In 1988, my very first computer had a Seagate 40 MB HDD that had to be split into two 20 MB partitions to handle the storage. 20 years later, they are offering a 1 TB external HDD - amazing isn't it.

Having an external hard drive would be so cool! Count me in!

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
--> nothing

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
--> it would definitely have to be a combination of everything. although, i think the biggest pain is having to reinstall and start from scratch... having to redo all the settings/tweaks to the operating system and even in all the programs which you'd now have to find/download again as well.

How would this prize package help you?
--> it would help me out greatly, and give me a chance to actually back up my hdd and give time machine some use.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
Back up plan? No, seriously. I dont have one. You'd think I'd know better considering I've had waaaay too many close calls. But in my defense, Im just a student with no money.


What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
Pictures! Okay, I know the responsible part of me should say my school work, but the passion-driven part of me knows it's my pictures. My family didnt take pictures during my childhood, so ever since I got a camera a few years ago, I just cant seem to take my hand off it. Now I have a gazillion photos that would leave me absolutely heart-broken if they were lost/destroyed/sucked into a black hole.


How would this prize package help you?
I could actually back-up my data! It would relieve a huge burden of having to decide which files are more important than the others, since I need to delete some things to make room for other important things. It's pretty much a lose-lose situation, since no matter what choice I make, Im always left with regret. And hey, it would save my beautiful hair that I have a tendency to tear out when Im stressed and things go bad and I fear losing what's most important to me.

My life is my computer and everything that's on it. Without it, I'd be... lost. That's not a good feeling.

What is your current backup plan for your computer? What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? How would this prize package help you?

I am ashamed to admit I do not back up regularly. I try to keep copies of important information on the cloud (google apps). I also have duplicate hard drives but have not imaged them.

Devastating loss would be if google closes and my hard drive dives. I am hoping google is solid. Contacts and Calendar are also synced on my wm phone. Everything is important if you loose it. Contacts, Calendar, pictures and files all would hurt.

I would set up a regular dedicated backup and use it.

Right now, I back up my most important data on flash drives. It is hard to keep up with them sometimes and I have misplaced them, but luckily found them. I use them to keep files for work (I am a police officer and work on computers on the side.) that include incident reports and pictures and video files that I keep for evidence purposes. I can only keep the most important ones because of storage space and have to keep most of them on my hard drive. I also have personal pictures and files that I cannot back up because of storage issues.
The most devastating thing that I would lose are the pictures that I have saved over the years. The next important files would be the evidence that would be lost. It is the only way that I can keep them and only hope that they are not deleted.
This prize package would help me help others by keeping the evidence in their case duplicated and safer (Nothing is 100%.) for their case. I would still use the flash drives for storage of some of the most important files, but all would have the extra sense of security.

I do not have a systematic back up plan unfortunately. As my 10 MB external hard drive is full, I now use flash drives. I also save some files in different email accounts...



The most devastating loss would be :

1. my Dissertation files (I do not want to even imagine),
2. my pictures folder
3. my favorites/bookmars especially those related to my graduate studies,
4. my software programs

By having an external hard drive of this capacity near my laptop, i will be reminded to back up my files systematically.
i will have all my important files accessible from ONE reliable secure source/drive instead of the so many flash drives and email accounts.
Good luck to everyone

I am currently a two computer backup that is not automated at all. I have to manually sync files from one computer to another. The most devestating loss of data would be my pictures and music. My email is done through Gmail so I would not have an issue there but all of our family photos are on these two computers. Some files exist on one and not the other. This package would allow me for automate the backup of our family photos and music.

hi,
I am student doing my final year. I am glad to participate in the compeition held by you and Segate. Here is my entry, kindly please go through it.

Presently, I back my most essential data via online like Gmail that include my projects, presentations and all other small files. I do have a 8 GB i pod, very old model where I back up secondary essential data.Off course, I don't have an external promising hard drive. My most devastating loss of data are my 8 projects that are done in my B.Tech, next comes the pictures and images of my friends and family, without whom my life would have been tougher. Some of the essential emails are achieved and stored in my G-drive.

The good thing is I had been a victim of data loss during 2nd year of engineering when I am doing a project on Networks. I had lost all my project and I worked on my project again . This has taught me lesson and from then I am taking care of my essential data.

This prize package would definitely going to be a great asset me where I need not think of my hard disk crash or any other problems that result in loosing data. This will also allow me to help my friend who are having similar trouble.

I will also use to store movies, series that I like very much which couldn't be stored on my present hard disk of 80 GB.

What is your current backup plan for your computer? What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? How would this prize package help you?
I backup to external HD. I would be devastated to loose my photos. I would backup my wife's laptop.

What is your current backup plan for your computer? What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted? How would this prize package help you?

As a teacher I live half my life on computers--my lesson plans, student grades, movies I've edited, web projects. I try to keep back up of my data--especially in weird places like attached to emails, on-line hard drives and a few very important flash drives. It would be very nice to have an perfect copy of my hard drive to keep organized and complete back ups, rather than a mish mosh of disorganized back ups.

Hello,

I'm a student still in K-12,

My current backup plan is:
I keep the installers for everything in a seperate partition. I keep 2 copies of most other things. I have some CDs too, but they are only 1-time writable. A bunch of CDs and a flash drive isn't enough to backup applications.

The most devastating loss of data on my computer would be (in order):
1. The software that I have acquired over a long time. (151 apps in my app folder, about 20 gigs) (I'm on a mac)
2. My prefs such as my gallery of bookmarks that I have acquired and organized.
3. All of my general downloads, which took a long time to organize. (Another 40-50 gigs)
4. The time it takes to download that much stuff and install it, and the fact I won't remember about everything I had. (I've been collecting stuff for almost a year.)
5. All the technical details. (Such as not having a computer for school if it happens in the school week, etc.)
(I would say schoolwork, but I have it all backed up on a small usb.)

The prize package would help me by:
1. Letting me do backups on everything.
2. Letting me make lots and lots of partitions. (I love collecting operating systems, such as linux.)
3. Storage. I have WAY too much stuff on my mac. (110/160gb used)

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

Unfortunately, none!

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

Several thousand family and friends photos and important documents

How would this prize package help you?

Save me a ton of headache, and a wife who will not let me forget the blunder for the rest of my life, no question!

Thanks for letting me participate.

I recently got a Mac with a 1T HD, and I haven't yet developed a backup plan. I mean, it comes with Time Machine, but I haven't gotten a drive yet to attach. We have a smaller external HD, but it's not empty. I would be absolutely devastated if my hard drive failed and I lost all the pictures of my kids. I have a portion of the last five years backed up on DVD, but I hate to lose even a single memory of my kids, and most of my son's pictures haven't been backed up yet. Winning a drive would leave me no excuses, I would have everything I need to back up my Mac and all my pictures.

What is your current backup plan for your computer?

My current backup plan? I do believe that I don't have one, except for hoping that my data stays safe until I figure something out!
I've considered every possible option, but nothing really suits my needs. I don't want to backup my email somewhere else online.
Backing up the sheer number of pictures I have would be terrifyingly tedious. Music is no big deal though, because I listen to most of
that with an online radio (ie Pandora or Last.FM).

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?

Well, in the past four months, I've had two hard drives fail. The first was in a desktop that was extremely old. And it had a lot of stuff on it... The second, a brand new laptop that turned out to be a tad bit crappy as it died within two weeks. It's hard to say what would be the most devastating, but it would most
certainly not be music, as that is replaceable for me. It would be a tough one between email and photos, but considering that my email isn't saved on my
hard drive... If GMail were to suddenly have a server issue and lose lots of data, that would probably send me into a low level of shock. But losing all of my
photos would be tough as well, considering photography is something I'm incredibly passionate about.

How would this prize package help you?

Well, as stated above, I don't really have a backup plan that suits my needs. And considering that I'm a student just getting by, I don't really
have the money to set aside to buy myself an external hard drive. It would sure help me in making sure that none of my school work was lost,
as well as helping me back up all of the photos I take, scenic, family and friend, and other photos alike.

Good luck to all, and happy holidays!

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
I don't know if you would call it a plan, but I have managed to make copies of most of the important stuff scattered around on CD/DVDs, thumb drives, and spare hard drives. It would be a lot of effort to get it back if the machine crashed.
What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
the most devastating loss would be pictures and videos of the three kids, hopefully the copies on media are still ok!
How would this prize package help you?
this prize would enable me to actually have one good backup that is reliable, and to have a reliable storage transport mechanism for data that I need to move between PCS or work/home.

I have no automated backup plan.

As a freelance web developer, by far the most valuable data I have is the code I write. Everything I write goes into Mercurial version control repositories, so the entire history of all changes is replicated between my desktop, my laptop my colleagues' computers, and any production servers. No other backup is needed.

The only other data I would stand to lose is various downloadable media that I have purchased, including mp3s from amazon and sheet music and ebooks from other sources. I keep these on both of my computers (and mp3 player) so I'm not too worried.

So, with a single disk crash, I would at most lose a few hours work that I have not yet shared with anyone.

... however, I could *still* make good use of an external hard drive

MWM

I have a full second computer with my data on both that I use as a backup for now until I can get another hard drive to back up both then they could be used for different things entirely, and I could have more space

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
-----> Crossing my fingers, likely not my best option.

What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
-----> I've had it happen before, the worse was the pictures and the various documents I had saved. I was devastated.

How would this prize package help you?
-----> It would be help me to be able to backup the data, I have long thought about getting an external drive for my computers however the money is always ended up better spent on my kids.

JolieRoux

My backup plan for my computer would be burning impt files such as my music and vids i've downloaded online to dvds/cds and putting it away somewhere until i forget that i have them.

The most devastating loss of data for me would my creative files or work files i've done and piled up for my portfolio as losing it would also mean losing any chance of being hired to any high paying job that would love to have.

This prize package would definitely help me because I can bring it anywhere for one and feel good about it because of its sleek and stylish package and still have all of my files safely tucked inside.

Hi! My current backup plan is DVD, which is getting tougher as time goes by. The greatest loss in event of a failure or deletion would be digital photos of family, friends, and travels. Winning this contest would help me by not only backing up my important files to a second location, but also providing room for me to start converting VHS video home movies to DVD. Thanks!

Howdy,



I currently run incremental backups with Acronis to two rotating external HDs.

The loss of any data could be painful depending on what it is.

Winning this package would allow me to be able to get my daughters laptops on a regular backup schedule. My oldest daughter is in college for photography and has way to much on her machine to lose. Every time I see her I copy her important folders to my laptop and that info is then backed up when I do mine. My youngest is into making movies so she has a lot of time invested and I do much the same with her machine.

I guess winning the package would also be a win for me as I wouldn't have to worry about trying to do any recovery of lost info again, (hopefully)!

I back up to a 160gb gateway external usb hd.
I would be most devastated if I lost my camera pictures...you know those pictures that can't be uploaded to facebook or flickr because you want to keep your job or you want to be able to get a job in the future, but those same pictures make you laugh and smile and remember the good old days...

This prize package would help me because I recently ran out of space on my backup hd, and instead of having to wipe it, move some files around and decide that maybe some things aren't *that* important to back up, I could save everything I wanted to.

-Unfortunately, my current backup plan is "Hope for the best," as my backup drive died and I can't afford another for a while.
-The most devastating loss for me would be the things that are irreplaceable: Writing and footage from film projects. That's a lot of time and effort and, unlike a lot of other stuff, can't just be downloaded.
-These drives would help me by allowing me to have not only a full, daily backup, but by also allowing me to free up some space on my hard drive by moving some of those videos onto the portable drive so I can take them with me on the off-chance I need them, without having my internal drive filled with stuff I rarely use (but can't delete!).

I currnently back up my files on dvd-rom, which is pretty time consuming. If I could back up all my data on at external it sure would be nice

What is your current backup plan for your computer?
-Actually that`s one of the most anxiety about my pc`s data. To be honest I`ve just thought its be useful to make complete copy on DVD`s from all my favourite and vital information; Although I didn`t make it, It`s the upcomming significant issue.
What would be the most devastating loss of data (ie. pictures, email, music, etc) for you, if your hard drive failed or the data was deleted?
-Absolutely most of your data on your computer are useful and important for everyone however for me besides of these I`ve had huge amount music and video-clip file which I was ghathered them in long time process, So If suddenly I lose them,I`ll terribly disappointed.
How would this prize package help you?
-I think It would be so helpful for me to sort and gather all of my files and data all together at one situation, So hopefully I could have easy-access to them.that`s worth me so much

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