Comments on: Will Mozy back up my external hard drive? http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/ Daily resource for independent consumer information and service reviews Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:08:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pc magazine laptop reviews http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-68903 pc magazine laptop reviews Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:12:40 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-68903 hello admin info thanks a lot for an interesting article this honest admin I was looking for.thank you very much admin:) hello admin info thanks a lot for an interesting article this honest admin I was looking for.thank you very much admin:)

]]> By: Mohammad Egure http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-68561 Mohammad Egure Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:09:47 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-68561 It is real happiness to know you blog! It is real happiness to know you blog!

]]> By: Laurie http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-47839 Laurie Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:57:48 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-47839 BackBlaze will allow you to back up your external, no problem. I do mine this way. I have ALL of my data on external drives only. BackBlaze will allow you to back up your external, no problem. I do mine this way. I have ALL of my data on external drives only.

]]> By: Wade http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-47360 Wade Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:48:13 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-47360 How do you do that Kent? How do you do that Kent?

]]> By: Kent http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-47192 Kent Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:15:20 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-47192 Actually, you can do this with Mozy and with IDrive. Both allow you to back up mapped drives, so you just need to be sure to deselect your computer's hard drive if you don't want that backed up. This can be done easily in the setup process. Actually, you can do this with Mozy and with IDrive. Both allow you to back up mapped drives, so you just need to be sure to deselect your computer's hard drive if you don't want that backed up. This can be done easily in the setup process.

]]> By: Kelley http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-47184 Kelley Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:44:56 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-47184 I've been searching for something that will let me back up ONLY my external hard drive. So far SpiderOak is all I've found. any other suggestions? I've been searching for something that will let me back up ONLY my external hard drive. So far SpiderOak is all I've found. any other suggestions?

]]> By: Davis http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-37087 Davis Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:02:46 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-37087 Mozy will back-up the external drive, but there is a BIG caveat -- if the external drive is ever disconnected from the computer when Mozy runs a backup, Mozy DELETES from storage all of the files on the external hard drive. So take this example: On Monday, you back-up your laptop, which has 10GB of data on the internal hard drive, and 20GB of data on the external hard drive. You then unplug the external drive and go on a business trip. While you are away, Mozy runs an automatic back-up. Because it cannot find the external hard drive, it assumes that you have deleted all of those files and marks the 20GB of files for deletion from Mozy's servers in 30 days. When you come home on Friday and re-attach the hard drive, Mozy will "un-mark" the 20GB of files that previously were marked for deletion. This is all fine and dandy until the following happens: You leave for a 6 month assignment in another city and leave your external drive at home. Mozy runs a back-up while you are away with the external drive disconnected and, because it cannot find the external drive, marks those 20GB of data for deletion. While you are away, a tree falls on your house and destroys your external drive. When you return 6 weeks later, the 20GB of data on your external drive are destroyed and Mozy has no back-up of the data because it deleted the data from its servers after 30 days. Mozy will back-up the external drive, but there is a BIG caveat — if the external drive is ever disconnected from the computer when Mozy runs a backup, Mozy DELETES from storage all of the files on the external hard drive.

So take this example: On Monday, you back-up your laptop, which has 10GB of data on the internal hard drive, and 20GB of data on the external hard drive. You then unplug the external drive and go on a business trip. While you are away, Mozy runs an automatic back-up. Because it cannot find the external hard drive, it assumes that you have deleted all of those files and marks the 20GB of files for deletion from Mozy's servers in 30 days. When you come home on Friday and re-attach the hard drive, Mozy will "un-mark" the 20GB of files that previously were marked for deletion.

This is all fine and dandy until the following happens: You leave for a 6 month assignment in another city and leave your external drive at home. Mozy runs a back-up while you are away with the external drive disconnected and, because it cannot find the external drive, marks those 20GB of data for deletion. While you are away, a tree falls on your house and destroys your external drive. When you return 6 weeks later, the 20GB of data on your external drive are destroyed and Mozy has no back-up of the data because it deleted the data from its servers after 30 days.

]]> By: Jerry Gerken http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/2009/04/13/will-mozy-back-up-my-external-hard-drive/comment-page-1/#comment-31140 Jerry Gerken Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:54:43 +0000 http://www.nextadvisor.com/blog/?p=1639#comment-31140 I am using carbonite at this time, and the main drawback I see is that they don't recognize external hard drives. Mine are shown as "Fixed" drives. They are planning on offering it in the future. I haven't found any that say they can backup external hard drives. I am using carbonite at this time, and the main drawback I see is that they don't recognize external hard drives. Mine are shown as "Fixed" drives. They are planning on offering it in the future. I haven't found any that say they can backup external hard drives.

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