Back online at my main PC. Still shaky from the whole experience. What we had to do (Paul is my hero) is repair Windows. In doing so (thanks to Scotty), we learned that Netscape and Firefox hijacked some of the DLL files. Why is this happening?
We also learned that SyncToy and Carbonite don’t like each other. SyncToy backs up my data to the network drive while Carbonite backs up online. I’m going to look for another online backup system as I’m not comfortable with Carbonite because:
* It runs all the time (hence, SyncToy not liking it)
* The restore process was shaky
What I mean by a shaky restore process is that when I went to check to see what files had been restored on my laptop, nothing was “there.” I’m assuming that I can’t access the files until the store is completed. I might be wrong — but it just didn’t work for me. Besides, I need an app where I can schedule online backup at a different time from SyncToy so they play nice together. It’s important to backup to both a separate network drive and online.
SyncToy can’t backup to an online server unless it’s on the network. Besides, I don’t have a server big enough to hold my files. I plan to look at Mozy per Peter’s suggestion.
The most disconcerting thing is the Firefox and Netscape (Mozilla apps) theft of the DLL files.
BTW, the network drive had one problem. I couldn’t access it from my laptop. Gotta figure this one out.
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I went through a similar experience and an ardent believer of religious backup nowadays. You might want to check out online backup services like Box.net, http://www.xdrive.com and http://www.Backup2net.com . Mozy is also excellent . good luck next time:)
I’m curious to learn how the Mozy trial went (perhaps I missed the entry). I was never a backup person myself, until I started working for a backup company!
Kevin S. Peterson
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