I was wondering if any of you have tried it? It’s a free online document and spreadsheet program. Everything is stored online so you can get to it anywhere. I’ve converted most of my world coin excel spreadsheet to it and it’s working out pretty well.:hail:
It's not as slick as Excel, but the key advantage to it is that you have access to it anywhere, any computer, via the web. And, if your computer dies, you don't loose your files.
that's what backing up data is for. and hard drive enclosures (unless your computer is password protected, then its a pain to access)
Yeah - but for about a $100 you can buy an external drive (1tb) and backup everything on your computer. And if your like me - I have 2 directories that I need to keep so I write CD's once in a blue moon(and most of that is pictures of coins). The only thing I don't like is that someone else could view your data. I am not really sure how this works, but I will keep backing up my own data.
I've been talking about and thinking about an external hard drive forever. I finally did it about a week ago and it is wonderful. I went for the one that is a bit more expensive that backs up the entire hard drive and once an hour updates it with recent changes. We have 2 computers networked to it. I extremely happy with how it works
I wish I had an external backup drive back in '99 when I was in grad school and my hard drive failed a couple weeks before finals. I spent those couple of weeks without much sleep trying to catch up with everything that I had lost on the drive. Live and learn.
Carbonite rocks if you crash, but I like the instant accesibility on google. Unless they of course turn over my info to the feds. Not paranoia, but the google gang like to snoop. Beware.
what did you get a degree in? I've heard Google Chrome, their web browser likes to uh, how should we say, log what you type.
Flash drives are now running about 2, 4, 8 and even 16 Gigs and for much, much less than $100. I've seen 2 Gig flash drives for $10. Using Excel you can make a spread sheet for your coins, download to a flash drive, take it anywhere you want or just keep it as is. I've got several flash drives and never keep anything on my computer of importance. Also, hava a second backup computer. And don't forget you could also use CD-RW disc to make backups. Box of 100 usually costs about $20 or less pending sales. Just can't see why anyone would trust leaving anything anywhere in the internet.
I have an external hard drive, actually 2. I bought the first one (500mb) for backing up files... quickly I filled it with every episode of BBC Top Gear broadcast in the past 7 years and other such worthwhile pursuits. So now I have a backup of the backup. I thought the Google Software could be downloaded to your hard drive?
Flashdrives are the way to go, they are portable, ez to download to, and can hold a lot of files. But for the hard core type there is a company called Westlin Corp in southwest Texas that can store information off the largest hard drive for any company or individuals. I am not sure what the cost is for individuals but if you have information that can't be replace and need it to be secure this is one way to do it. You can find them at www.westlin.com.
LOL - that is why I use off site storage for my CD's. I keep a copy of them at work. Small amounts of data can use flash drives or CD's - thats me.
