This will be my last post. I would like to thank everyone in this class for the informative updates throughout the semester. I have learned a great deal about new technologies. One of the most important tasks any PC owner should perform is the regular act of backing up their files. Backing up our computers will save our data in the case of a hard drive failure or other technological glitch. Believe me, these "glitches" WILL eventually happen as I know from experience. The sad truth is that the majority of us, and I do mean the VAST majority, do not back up our data. After losing around 2,000 digital pictures and tons of other important data back in 2001 thanks to a hard drive crash, I still do not take the time to perform backups on my computers. Of course, if I worked in a profession where I maintained computers I would perform the backups, probably because it was not my data. But, for the most part, we personal PC owners do not protect our data. Why are we so stubborn?
One issue is the amount of time that performing a backup consumes. I believe another reason is that most of us do not believe anything will ever happen to our PC's. We are too reliable on them. A final reason that most of us do not perform backups is that we are just plain lazy.
Well, we may no longer have to worry about backing up our machines as Sea Gate has released a device called "Replica Drive". This device, an external hard dive, will backup everything, yes EVERYTHING, on your PC. This action can be performed when prompted or at scheduled times throughout the day or month.
The drive comes in two versions, 250 and 500 GB.The mainstream 5400 rpm drives connect to a PC via a 480 Mb/s USB 2.0 port.
Now we have no excuses, not that we ever REALLY did.
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