Offsite Online Backup that Supports External Hard Drives
Telling it like it is really. Short post. Carbonite doesn't support external hard drives. Mozy does. Google for Mozy promo codes and get 20% off of a one year subscription. ($45ish total).
With all the hype about Carbonite, and all of the celebrity (paid) endorsements you'd think they'd be top of the game...but no go. So Mozy has my business.
Lame, I know, but I was feeling really emotional at the time.
I bought a WD External Hard drive from Overstock - refurbished, but I'm frugal. My husband calls me cheap. Toe-MAE-toes....toe-MAW-toes.
I put EVERYTHING on this drive, all working files, graphics, you name it. I've been meaning to buy offsite backup for it, but haven't had a lot of luck finding something that supports external HDs. (see next post)
Yesterday I plug everything in, and my I:/ drive is just gone. When I plug it in, my system (Vista...of course) won't recognize it, it has no drivers, there are no drivers to be downloaded to make it work. I'm stuck. So I Google.
I went through several different troubleshootings posts along with their owners, and they all said the same thing. I don't like digging through what didn't work for others, instead I just post what did work for me.
Check the plug. Check the cable. Light coming on? Sounds normal? If that's the case, try this:
- Control Panel
- Administrative Tools
- Computer Mgmt
- Disk Mgmt
See your hard drive there? If not...sorry, not your solution. If yes (you may see it twice - ignore that for now)...then YAY!
Right click & explore. Then go check out your "My Computer" to see if it's there.
That did it for me!
It's rare that I have something new and useful to say. Useful, yes, but new...not so much.
My husband got a new Blackberry and his software was better than mine. So I decided to upgrade my software from the BB site in a feelbe attempt to keep up with the Jones' (or my husband). I've never done this before, I've never really cared because I'm not one of those "must have my cell phone at all times" people -- in fact, I often lose it. But surely his can't be better than mine!
So I installed the desktop manager and plugged it in. (Go to your service provider to download the desktop manager for your BB) I have a Compaq Presario laptop, Windows Vista. Got everything up & rolling and it gets to the end of the installation and I get this error:
"Unable to reconnect to the device during a multi-stage load operation" -- and when I boot up the phone it gives me error #507 - in the language of Blackberry Pearl, that means there's no software installed.
So that was really nice. My $300 phone just became a child's toy. But like I tell my kids, we do not give up! :) Sometimes I do, but I don't tell them that. They can discover their parents are hypocrites in a few more years.
Anyway, I'm going through these BB forums only to learn that I'm up a creek minus paddle. I hardly think so.
So....if anyone else gets this error, I'll tell you what I did to fix it. And surely this won't work for everyone, but it will work for 24% of you. Give or take...
Before you begin, I pop the battery out of the Blackberry (that's not the fix, that's just part of what yo have to do). After that, I initiate the software on my PC. When it tries to find my Blackberry on a USB port, I notice that it doesn't recognize it. So, I unplug the USB cable and plug it back in. It recognizes it. Push button...commence.
After the software starts doing it's backup and load sequence, I put the battery back in. THIS was the key. For some reason the USB cable just wasn't providing enough juice to keep the Blackberry going.
Also, be sure your power options aren't set to turn off your USB ports. Probably not the problem but worth checking. Device Manager > USB Ports > Power Mgmt...you'll see the option.
Update Successful! So that did the trick, hopefully it helps someone else.
Yeah, join the club. With skepticism at my side, I read over the terms at ShopWurld.com. This is what I found...
ShopWurld is a really smart idea. Basically what they've done is paired affiliate programs with coupons with memberships with a pyramid system to create the ultimate cashback shopping experience.
If you shop online already, there's really no reason not to try this out. It's FREE to try. They don't ask for your money, they don't ask for anything but your contact information.
There are three levels to join: Customer, Silver Level and/or Gold Level. If you don't meet the requirements of the higher levels within x amount of time, you're demoted. So what really, you don't have anything invested in the first place, right?
ShopWurld is partnered with thousands of well-known online retailers. You join as a member, purchase something using one of the provided online coupons, then eventually you get a %age back.
There are two things I needed to order this week - ink and diapers. I always order these things online so I thought what they hey! I'll join ShopWurld and buy them. I don't lose a cent, I buy what I was going to buy anyway from the same vendor I would have used, and eventually I'll get a kickback? When? No idea, doesn't matter really. It's something I wouldn't have gotten ordering without ShopWurld.
So I'm going to give it the good old community college try. I had some AdSense credits so I'm using them - maybe that's how you got here? If it builds my base, great. If not, I'm demoted. Feel the enthusiasm?
I think the overall gist here is that there's nothing to lose and you may end up making something in the end.
Check it out...HERE!
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