Mozy Makes an Excellent Solution for Affordable, Easy to Use Online Computer Backup

It’s happened to me. A month ago I was cleaning out my blog files and accidentally deleted the wrong posts. Panic set in, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Did I really just delete 4 posts with comments? In all my 3 years as a blogger I’d never made such a mistake. Sadly my backup hadn’t been since before those posts were written. Mercy saved me though because I remembered that our RSS feed had all of the content so I could repost the articles at least. But what if I had deleted work files, a virus hit my computer, or worse- someone had stolen my computer? If you have a backup system then you don’t have to worry about the what if’s. But there’s another problem, the cost of the hard drive (and then you have to remember to do it).

Hard drives have come down in price over the years, but they are still spendy and require some budgeting. And in many cases you have to buy many hard drives to have enough space, and that gets really old fast. But there’s something even more expensive than a hard drive-a computer geek. Seriously. Nearly every month some client of my husband is begging him to “recover” lost data, sometimes it works and sometimes, sadly it just doesn’t and that’s sometimes 15 hours of labor at $60 or more an hr. OUCH. We’ve had friends who have lost their wedding photos in a computer virus, I’d hate to hear that happen to anyone else, let alone valuable business data. So what if there’s a solution where you don’t have to remember to back up your computer, can be used on up to 5 computers, UNLIMITED and say, $5 bucks a month, then would you do it? Of course you would.

There’s an online computer backup company that is changing the way people protect their documents, photos, videos, and other valuable info…MOZY. I had the privilege of testing MOZYhome – their unlimited home backup system for up to 5 computers, at just $5 a month and loved it. This product is intended for the family or home business owner. They also have affordable options for businesses with over 5 employees. $5 bucks and no hard drive to buy/rent/borrow…it’s done all online and you don’t have to be techy to do it.

When I tried Mozy’s system I was a bit nervous because I’d never installed any software before (I rely too much on my computer guru husband!) but guess what? I overcame that fear within seconds and took courage because there were people to call and tech support to chat with.  The only hiccups I experienced were my own setbacks (I didn’t remember my admin username and password so I had to call my guru for that LOL) and then when I was chatting with their tech support I failed to mention that I was using the software on an Apple Computer instead of a PC so it was slightly different, but other than that, it was an easy to use program to download, configure/set up to my specifications, and back up.

For the first back up you need to plan to leave your computer open and to keep refreshing it and recognize that it could take days to save all of your computer’s information, but you can keep on working while it does it’s work in the background, so no worries there. When you want to access your data you go into your Mozy account and it lists your files so you retrieve any info you need there. When I jumped on my computer today I clicked on the Mozy icon and it said that my last back up had been just 12 minutes before, now how that’s for relief? You’ll sleep really well and your back account will love you too.

Something else I love about Mozy? The company was started by Josh Coates, right here in Utah. Get inspired by his start up story! Here’s Josh Coates’ awesome biz advice for entrepreneurs: Starting a Business 101

Mozy Unlimited Backup – $4.95/Month