hard drive crashed..online backup needed

alex_tyshawn · November 5th, 2009, 03:58 AM

Yesterday my hard drive crashed. I had some backups on few cds but those were more than 8 month's old! I lost all my important official documents, programs, emails etc. I tried to recover the data from this dead hard drive but no success. My friend suggested me to go for online backup here onwards. Can anyone suggest cost effective and reliable online backup service? I am looking for a tried and tested service.

Steve R Jones · November 5th, 2009, 06:56 AM

Have you considered the Good Old Fashion way - another hard drive/ flash drives and or DVD Drives?

You could get Acronis True Image and another hard drive and make an exact clone of you main drive.

**GroundZero3** · November 5th, 2009, 06:59 AM

Online Backup options...opinions or suggestions wanted

Big_Daddy · November 13th, 2009, 10:01 AM

Online backup works IF the company stays in business or doesn't suffer a fatal crash. You really have no control over your backups. I would backup to a USB drive or another computer on the network.

Tengu7000 · November 13th, 2009, 06:07 PM

Next time make an image of your hard drive.

AnakiMana · November 13th, 2009, 06:24 PM

I've got several customers who really like Carbonite. I like that they give you unlimited storage. If your data is important, you should have AT LEAST 2 backups of different types. Every backup method has its risks. Don't put all your eggs in 1 or even 2 baskets (original + backup = 2 baskets).