Tag: Backup

Mike Murphy, Photography Issues of Storage and Backups – HGG252

Listen Mobile: Mike Murphy from http://www.mikemurphy.co/ joins Jim Collison  https://twitter.com/jcollison  and Mike Wieger from http://2980network.com/ for show #252 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network, part of http://thegeeksnetwork.com community. Please leave a REVIEW (iPhone or iPad) at https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewContentsUserReviews?id=457300409&type=Podcast&ls=1&mt=1 Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: https://www.patreon.com/theaverageguy or if you are… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Ask the Podcast Coach for Aug 2, 2014

This week on AtPC: Dave asks the question, “What do you do with old shows?  Jim talked about using MediaFire at http://mediafire.com as a potential source for cloud storage.  You can find the entire post of show notes and both audio and video at: http://askthepodcastcoach.com/archiving-old-shows-amazon-links-swell Cloud Storage is broken up into 3 categories: 1. Sync – If you update the local file, it is automatically updated in the cloud.  Some services offer versioning 2. Backup – Files are backed up at a specific time (hour,day,week, month) and versioning is the norm.  You never access these files for use. 3. (New)

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Home Networking, Windows Server 2012 Essentials, Lights Out, the HP N40L, N54L and the Deal with NASA Interns – HT108

Jim (@jcollison) is joined this week by Andrew (@unrealshots) and Christian for Show 108!  We were all about Christian (and Gary’s) Home Networking setup to include an in depth look at Windows Server 2012 Essentials, SharePoint and Active Directory!  How to do it, how not to and how to get it done with what you… Click for more / Podcast Player>

Taking Advantage of Free Cloud Storage for 3-2-1 Backup (Updated)

Even Backup guys need to practice and plan for good backup strategies.  As a Microsoft Windows Home Server MVP and podcaster with the Home Server Show, you would think that of all people, I would have my backup plans documented well and in order.  Well, I do, kind of.  I have been running a bit loose lately and I thought it was time to tightening things up. At home, I currently run a Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 box with about 2TB of total storage space and 2 TB of storage to back those files up.  I also backup everything

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Acronis One-Click Restore: PC Restore Made Easy

    On Rich’s Random Podcast Generator #19, co-host Jim Collison and I walked through every tab and feature of Acronis True Home Image 2012. In doing so, we came across something that caught my eye: a feature that lets you to burn a PC backup image to bootable DVD(s). The feature is called Acronis One-Click Restore, and it’s a great way to give family and friends whose PCs you repair a simple way to perform their own PC restore should the need ever arise. The steps to creating the bootable DVD(s) can be a little tricky if you’ve never

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Rich’s Random Podcast Generator: Acronis True Image Home 2012 PC Backup and Recovery Review – RRPG019

This week Jim and Rich go guestless and spend some time covering Acronis True Image Home 2012 Backup & Recovery Software.  After talking for a few minutes about working with our friends and neighbors on their PC problems, we take an in depth look at the Acronis UI and spend some time covering items that… Click for more / Podcast Player>