Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Hiring computer expert/technician
I want to add an external backup system to do a daily backup of my system. Also, I have Skype on my computer, but the cord on the camera is not long enough to reach the computer. Need a longer cord. Am looking for someone I can hire to accomplish these things. Is there someone who comes to the customer's home to work on computers? I do not want to send my computer out as I had a terrible experience last time I did that. I know it's even harder now with social distancing to get someone to come to one's home, but I will follow any guidelines the servicer requires.
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I use "Carbonite" offsite backup service. Not terribly expensive, go to their website and download the program, simple set up and your backup files are safely stored on their servers. Take your camera to Best buy and explain your problem, they will most likely have a solution...
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There are several off the shelf solutions for the local backup, most consist of a USB based external hard drive that you simply plug in, a backup program is downloaded and you are set, or if you are using windows, you can use windows backup. As for the camera, you should be able to go to Best Buy with your camera and tell them you need extension cable(s).
If you do not want to plug in the local drive, then you are probably looking at adding a networked hard drive off your existing modem/network. this is more complicated and will probably need someone to come to your house. I have been using the plug in drive backup for several years, very easy to plug in once a week.
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Just to help a little more...
Specifically, you need to ask for a USB extension cable for your camera. For backup, here is an example of an inexpensive backup solution which includes and external hard drive and software. Staples |
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As far as your camera is concerned, it should be safe to assume its a USB connection, so you will only need a USB extension cable (you determine how many feet you need) and this extension cable will have a male and a female end. |
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A lot depends on how much data you need to back up. I don't like commercial backup services because they copy everything into a compressed backup file, and then use a recover program to uncompress the data. I would rather do my own back up by selecting and copying my important data to an external drive. Very few people have more than 1TB of data, and most have far less than that. I like the pocket sized external drives, but you can also buy a tiny flash drive (thumb drive) that will hold up to 1TB of data. Data storage devices are incredibly inexpensive today. Also, if you have less than 15 GB of data, you can use the Google drive, which is a free service, very user friendly, and you can access the data from any device connected to the internet. I have all of my scanned legal documents, tax returns, etc. on my Google drive, and I haven't even used 1GB of the 15GB of free storage available.
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Thanks
Thanks to everyone who responded. Great advice.
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If you have a Mac computer
Macs come with Time Machine application for making backups to USB attached external hard drives. I use this, I make a backup about every 10 days
But I also pay for a cloud based backup called BackBlaze. I saw another post recommending Carbonite, a similar service and both are good. These backup all the time and would have the most recent copies of things. Just in case my external drives which are in my house, get damaged by fire for example. Others have suggested going to Best Buy for the camera cable, or have them visit you. I suspect there independent people around the Villages you could hire. |
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Good suggestion.
How do I find those independent people?
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