I had hoped that I could become less hard drive dependent by running off of Portable Apps, but my hopes were dashed today. This might be useful for some people, but the fact that the apps load and run EXTREMELY slowly makes it a deal-killer for me. If you do decide to try it out, make sure you have several hours free to install the apps. Some are quick, but some take a really long time to install.

Oh well, I’ll just use my brand new Lexar USB Flash Drive as a backup drive. For now, I’ll just copy my Documents folder over to the flash drive once in a while, and I’m also backing everything up nightly to Mozy Online Backup, so… Continue reading

Posted on August 13th, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
Filed under: Tech Advice | 5 Comments »

My entire weekend was ruined when my computer died early Saturday morning. I wasn’t entirely surprised. My computers tend to give up the ghost every 2-3 years, and the latest had lasted nearly 4 years. I wasn’t too worried. I have backups, right? Well, yes, sort of. For some reason, my backups stopped happening 4 months ago. I don’t know why. So my latest backup is really old. It’s time to move to the online backup model. After getting my new computer into a workable state, I researched online backup options, and thought I’d share what I plan to use (so you can too).

First of all, I was amazed to find Mozy. This service is free for the… Continue reading

Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by DazzlinDonna
Filed under: Good Deals | 2 Comments »