I hadn’t really thought at all about backing up any of my computers until my desktop started showing me a screen that I think might be related to the blue screen of death. To this day I still haven’t got a clue what was wrong with it except that it decided not to work for three days and was eventually miraculously cured after I gave it a rest for a day.
I had a few years worth of photos, all of my websites, and plenty of other goodies on there so I have to admit that having dodgy screens show up mae me a bit nervous and I suddenly started rethinking my lack of a backup system.
Around the same time I stumbled onto this post about travel gadgets that mentioned the Seagate Free Agent GO (an plenty of other nerdy goodies). It was exactly what I wasn’t looking for but should have been and I ordered one of the 160 gig bad boys. I was going to go with an 80 gig one because my websites really don’t take up much space at all. But then I figured I could load the sucker up with music and will also need some serious space for all those wonder photos I’m bound to take so decided to go the whole hog.
I think I paid about 70 quid online and it was delivered in a few days. It’s saved my life since coming home because I forgot to buy a UK to Canada plug adaptor for my laptop. I’ve been able to copy all my files to the hard drive, including the install files for Photoshop, and have pretty much been working on my parent’s laptop as though it were my own. This will work in net cafes too and that’s where I think the thing is really useful. Sure, backing stuff up is great but being able to plug and play anywhere has so far been really handy.
I’m still a bit nervous because all of my photos are on the drive and nowhere else. I read lots of really good reviews but a couple that said the drive shat itself on them. If that happens and I lose my photos I won’t be impressed so I guess I’d better back up the back up!
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