With the back-to-school period rapidly approaching you might be shopping for a new computer to help with schoolwork, or laptop to pack off with the kids to University or College but with anything as important as course work you need a good backup system in place…just in case.
Below are a couple of recommendations from me
Buffalo Ministation 320GB  |
The Buffalo Ministation is an external USB 2.0 hard drive available in various capacities. An external drive offers a great backup option for your whole system, including your pictures, music and documents, plus you can store it away from your main computer or even off site for extra security. The Ministation’s extra is that it offers secure Password protection for the contents of the drive – anything you save on it is invisible until the correct password is entered (Windows only I think) This at least prevents prying eyes from getting to your data – especially if you store data, like bank details or your work documents that you’d rather keep private. It’s speedy, and easy to use – the USB cable is integrated so there’s no hunting for a power supply or the right size USB lead and is small enough to carry with you. The only extra needed is some backup software – but of course Windows 7 has this built in anyway. Downsides, well, it could support USB 3.0 for faster transfers |
Sandisk Ultra Backup 16GB  |
If you just need a decent size USB stick to carry your documents between computers you can’t do much better than the Sandisk Ultra Backup.
This small compact USB 2.0 memory stick is perfect for transporting files around, and this has the extra feature of a one press automatic backup facility. Just plug in, press the button and the software automatically syncs/backs up your choice of documents or folders. It’s speedy, small and convenient and in my experience I’ve never had a Sandisk memory product fail on me! |
