Basically what I did was go through my user folder, and uncheck what I deemed not critical enough to backup. I am pretty specific on what I back up, so I use the File System tab to choose the exact paths that I want backed up. Double-clicking the Mozy icon in the system tray will bring up the Mozy status window.Ĭlick on the Settings button, and you will be presented with the Mozy Settings window. If you don’t want to pay for more storage space, you can reduce the amount of data that Mozy is backing up. Reduce the amount of files included in your backup to 50GB or less so you can stay on the cheapest MozyHome plan – $5.99. Oddly, Mozy had preselected the 125GB/3Computer plan for me, which technically wasn’t accurate, so I could change the settings to the 50GB+2x20GB plan for a total of 90GB which would cover my current backup storage requirements.Ģ. You also have the option to select your plan settings by clicking on the Change Renewal Plan link. Click on the My Plan link on the left navigation pane, and you will see the recommended renewal plan which will be automatically selected on your next renewal date. There is a “renewal plan” link in the notification email, which will take  you to the Mozy website.Īfter logging in, you will be presented with your account page, and an alert message. Mozy has made it pretty simple to upgrade your plan to fit your current backup needs. ![]() Stay with MozyHome, and upgrade to the Mozy recommended plan. It does not store any personal data.At the end of yesterday’s post about MozyHome dropping its Unlimited backup package, I sort of left it open ended, as in, what should you do next?ġ. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". ![]() These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. Even if the house burns to the ground, the most I might lose is one day’s worth of changes. Most folks won’t have as much as I do, so their initial backup won’t take as long.īut knowing that every night, around 2 am, all my files are taken care of, gives me great peace of mind. So the initial backup for me takes a really long time, because I back up a LOT (almost 125 GB from my PC, and about 20GB from my husband’s PC). ![]() Then every night it does what’s called an incremental backup: it looks to see which files have changed (added, deleted, resaved) and only works with those. When you first install it and set up your account, it does a complete and full backup of everything you tell it to manage - including your Outlook.pst file, which not all backup services handle. (And even my mp3s are now included in my backups!)īack your stuff up! Back it ALL up. I use MozyHome and have it set to back up both to my online account and to another external hard drive. Have you ever had a hard drive fail? Do you have everything backed up, and have you made absolutely sure you can recover from that backup?Įxcept for that little external drive, which mostly held my mp3 music files and some old old archives, everything I have gets backed up every single day. (The drive itself didn’t fail, just the power supply to the case.) Lucky for me, there was nothing on there that was absolutely essential and that couldn’t be recovered by The Geek Squad. The computer it was attached to couldn’t read it.
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