I’m a huge fan of backing up your data on a regular basis. I cannot tell you how often I’ve had emials or panicked facebook status messages from fellow writers and bloggers who have lost all their data and blogs and posts and…..and….and….
Whether hackers in your website’s databases, or a computer malfunction, destruction, or virus your data is not saved forever just because you hit the “save” button on your Word processor. I’m a bit of a freak about this – even articles I publish online are saved into word documents and backed on a regular basis.
When I had the chance to try (and giveaway! More on that in a second.) a Drobo backup system I was intrigued. What I got was a fabulous compliment to my current system of backing up.
I recieved the Drobo 2nd Generation Backup System with 4 disc slot availability. I’m able to hook it up to my computer via USB drive, making it very easy to backup multiple computer systems. The 2TB discs I put in them is an amazing amount of space – more than ample for making sure ALL my data is saved and backed up. I’ve set the Drobo to automatically back up my desktop computer on a daily basis since that is the computer I use the most often.
After traveling, or working on my laptop a lot, it’s an easy matter to just hook up and run a quick backup of the laptop on an “as needed” basis….usually about once a week. A couple times a year when I visit my parents in Fort Smith I’ll take an external disc drive that I move my backup files to and leave it at my parent’s house. I have two and trade them out periodically so I have a fully off-site tangible back up as well. Because I’m a geek like that. Because of zombies invade my house and eat my computer, I want to be able to replace my data easily.
So do you want to try one? I’ve partnered with a couple others to be able to giveaway a Drobo 2nd Generation – 4 Bay FW800 & USB 2.0 Storage Array ($399 retail value!) (2TB discs are not included but available for around $150 retail)
You’re going to love increasing your peace of mind when it comes to protecting your databases, pictures, videos and documents! Giveaway ends November 28, 2011 11:59pm PT.
MANDATORY ENTRY: Comment on the blog letting me know the last time you did a back up or your backup horror story.
Optional Entries:
1. 1 entry each – Leave a comment on Saving For Someday, and telling them when you last did a back up then come back HERE and let me know you did this.
2. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Saving For Someday then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
3. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Untrained Housewife then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
4. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Add a Pinch then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
5. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Drobo then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
6. 1 entry – Follow Saving For Someday on Twittter then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
7. 1 entry – Follow Untrained Housewife on Twittter then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
8. 1 entry – Follow Add A Pinch on Twittter then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
9. 1 entry – Follow Drobo on Twittter then come back HERE and leave a comment that you’re a fan. If you already are a fan, leave a comment.
10. 1 entry – Tweet the following once each day (maximum of 22 entries) and come back here and leave a comment with your tweet link: I just entered to win a @Drobo storage array at @UntrainedHW You can too #DroboMomsRock
11. 1 entry – Share this post using the FB share button below, then leave a comment letting me know you shared. (Maximum 5 entries)
I recieved the Drobo backup system to review but I really DO get panicky emails and facebook messages from friends who have lost their articles. See full sweepstakes rules.
Misty says
I am embarrassed to say that I don’t do this nearly enough. Okay….I’ve only ever backed up once and it was about a month ago, when my computer caught a virus. Thanfully I have a friend who is a computer genius. He restored everything and backed my computer up for me.
Kim says
dont remember when i backed up my computer.
Mirlin says
Oooops! I never have!!
Gabby says
Sadly the last time I backed up my computer was approx 2 years ago!! Gotta do something about this so all my pixs of my son don’t get lost forever!
Mike T says
I back up nightly using rsync!
amanda wynant says
last time i backed up my computer was almost a year ago.
putting a new item on the “to do” list right now.
thanks for bringing it to my attention!…….;)
Lauren says
According to Time Machine, last time I backed up was 22 days ago
ellen says
I am ashamed to say I have never backed up this desktop. Never ever. I am lazy and too frugal to go through disc after disc but I would freak out if I lost everything. Hmm backup isnt looking so bad!
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I’ve been decent about backing up my blog (once a week)….but my thousands of photos? Oh, I cringe every time I think about all of the images I lost when I *thought* I saved them on an external drive….but didn’t. I deleted so many! Luckily, many of the good images are saved on my blog, but they are very small files. 🙁
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I liked Saving for Someday!
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I liked Untrained Housewife on FB
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I liked Add a Pinch on FB
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I liked Drobo on FB
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I follow @UntrainedHW on twitter
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I follow @AddaPinch on twitter
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I follow @saving4someday on twitter
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I follow @drobo on twitter!
Lolli @ Better in Bulk says
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/1momof5/status/133755550168121345
Steph says
Last year I had to do a system recovery and lost everything on my laptop. It nearly caused me to have a nervous breakdown. This would be so wonderful to have.
Gena Morris says
I ended up having to restart my computer to factory settings and I wish I backed up everything! 🙁
Jessica @FoundtheMarbles says
Now I’m in a panic because I don’t remember if I have EVER backed up my computer. Oh no!
Jessica @FoundtheMarbles says
Like @Drobo.
Jessica @FoundtheMarbles says
Already following you on Twitter. Followed @AddaPinch too!
Kate, aka guavalicious says
We didn’t back up our laptop, had water spilled on it, and lost all of our pictures from birth to two. I still cry about it sometimes. You think we would have learned our lesson but we still have an ad hoc system that we don’t deploy enough. This sounds easy to use!
Brett says
I’m pretty anal about backups and performed a backup about a week ago, but it is so monotonous to keep a desktop and two laptops fully backed up. Having the Drobo would be like a dream. Fingers crossed.
Brett says
I left a comment on Saving for Someday.
Brett says
I left a comment on Add a Pinch.
Brett says
I follow Drobo on Twitter.
Brett says
I tweeted about the contest.
Caroline says
I backed up my photos, but on cd’s & memory discs.
Karis Bellisario says
Horror of horrors – I had a crash…don’t know the technical issue, but my desktop died! the local computer guru could not recover things, and so, years worth of ministry files, business tips, journaling ideas, recognition and my customer data base, and listing of former team members – gone, all gone.
What is that old song lyric…”you don’t know what you’ve got til its gone”! That is how I have felt since the loss. At the time it died I didn’t even realize all I had lost, but almost weekly some new need surfaces of something that used to be at my fingertips that is simply gone. I have to go search it out (humbling), recreate it (wasted time), do without (sad face), or do with less (sometimes not so bad). It is a regular bummer.
I had done periodic back-ups, on Cd, but I had no real system. I AM fairly faithful with the laptop since it has family photos on it, but the desk top’s death was nearly my undoing.
Would love to win this, but will also share so some photo fan friends might also have a chance to win it, or at least learn about this. Sounds like a great devise for those of us with 30,000 photos!
Karis Bellisario says
Already a fan of UTH. Good stuff!
ellen says
http://twitter.com/#!/tannawings/status/134205293642006528
tweet
Michelle P. says
I am a fan on FB
Michelle P. says
I hate to admit it, but I have never done a backup on my computer…have thought about it many times, just haven’t done it yet. Now that its on my mind again I will do it soon!
Tim says
I backed up last night after seeing this contest, it was a good reminder.
Tim says
I left a comment on Add A Pinch
Tim says
I also left a comment on Saving For Someday
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
I’m not very good about remembering to back up, I intend to do it but then all the work involved makes me put it off so it’s been a while since I’ve done one. This system sounds great, I’ve heard so many good things about it.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
I left a comment on Add a Pinch.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
I left a comment on Saving for Someday.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
I follow Add a Pinch on Facebook.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
I follow Add a Pinch on Twitter.
Lynda Blackmon says
I just learned how to defrag ,the one time I tried to backup it would not work wish I knew how to
Tim says
Tweeted and here is the link https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/134497402471198720
Marilyn Wons says
I tried doing a backup last month. I spent hours on it and my computer crashed. I could not figure it out!
Tim says
Liked Saving For Someday on Facebook
Tim says
Liked The Untrained Housewife on Facebook
julie says
I lost EVERYTHING from when Middle was born till he was 2 or 3. EVERYTHING. And I still don’t back up enough.
julie says
tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/justprecious/statuses/134814066693767168
julie says
following @untrainedhw
julie says
following @drobo
Tim says
Tweeted and here is the link https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/134811508940095489
Tim says
Shared on Facebook
Rebecca Graham says
I have never done a back up.
Lauren says
my backup horror story is just recently. I lost some of my documents and then needed to get a new computer because the whole thing just like DIED. lol it’s awful.
Tim says
Tweeted todays link is https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/135146269696991232
cathy says
i did a computer backup about a month ago – my boyfriend is always on my case about it
Jules L says
i havent backed up in awhile.. and as for horror story, well my last computer crashed and i lost EVERYTHING.. its very distressing.
Ari says
Did a backup yesterday. Can’t today because my backup drive is out of space!
Tim says
Tweet for todays entry https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/135534683583807490
Valerie Taylor Mabrey says
I never do backups and I always have a fit when a computer dies and I lose everything… maybe this will help me out.
vmkids3 at msn dot com
Tim says
Tweet for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/135882532876070912
Tim says
Liked Add a Pinch on Facebook
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/136227362449801216
Tim says
Liked Drobo on Facebook
Tim says
Shared this on Facebook
Chris Bradley says
Last time I did a full backup was over a month ago!
Mike says
I try to backup regularly-once a week, but it is so easy to forget… LOL
mtdoonmeister at gmail dot com
Mike says
Commented on Saving for Someday
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Mike says
commented on Add a Pinch
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“LIked” Saving for Someday in FaceBook
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“LIked” You in FaceBook
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“LIked” Drobo in FaceBook
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Mike says
Following SAving for Someday on Twitter
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Following you on Twitter
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Mike says
Following Add a Pinch on Twitter
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Mike says
Following Drobo on Twitter
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Mike says
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Mike says
Shared on FaceBook
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Tim says
Todays tweet enrty https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/136590467616878593
Tim says
I am following @saving4someday (Saving For Someday) on Twitter
Shannon says
My phone is backed up. My iProducts are backed up. My computer is in a sad sad way.
Tim says
Tweet entry for https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/136935916408279041
Tim says
I am following @UntrainedHW (Untrained Housewife) on Twitter
Mike says
https://twitter.com/#!/mtdoonmeister/status/137038958424104960
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Mike says
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=125258380918118&id=100001404718753
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Tim says
Todays tweet entry link https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/137336251052339201
Tricia O. says
I’ve never backed up my computer. For this, I am surely going to hell. Eek!
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/137660424295415810
Tim says
I am following @AddaPinch (Add a Pinch) on Twitter
Tim says
Shared this on Facebook.
Ann says
I last did a back up two weeks ago because I was uploading pictures to my comp from the camera of our newest baby girl.
Carissa says
Dude it’s been a while. I’m very careful about backing up my photos, because the last time I had a laptop die I thought I lost all my family photos. but everything else … *shutter*..
It’s just dawning on me that all my writing sitting there not backed up would be very painful to lose as it’s pretty much all I have to show for my past 3 years work! OY!
Carissa says
I follow @drobo I am @carissarogers
Carissa says
TWeet TWeet: http://twitter.com/#!/CarissaRogers/status/137742278168018944
Deborah Aldridge says
I almost FREAKED last night! I’ve lost the cable to my external drive, so I haven’t backed up to that in awhile. I have been saving things to ADrive, but no complete backup. I was talking to a friend on Skype when my computer crashed. I tried to restart it, and it said it couldn’t find the hard drive and started running a diagnostic. It ran for about 20 minutes, then it asked me if I wanted to try to reboot, so I did, holding my breath the whole time. It booted up fine, and has been running great. I ordered the cable today, and did a backup and saved the backup files to ADrive. I have taken so many pictures lately that I’d have lost completely! There was something to be said for storing things on disks, so I did that too. I stored all my pictures onto a CD, and I’m going to back them up daily to ADrive now.
paul goss says
used backblaze for a year.. have a very large music collection that was partially lost due to overzealous cleaning.. they garanteed the info would be there ..it wasn’t.. online backup solutions for 3-400 Gigs is a crap shoot.. so I have two network buffalo servers, two lacie usb servers and one iOmega usb servers.. plus a bunch of thumb drives.And a second internal drive that has all the lossless master recordings that I’ve made and or owned over the years.. need to update the buffalo servers.. maybe with a Drobo..
Cindy @MomMaven says
I used to use an online backup service that I had won but when my free subscription expired I didn’t keep it up. I actually asked for an external harddrive for Christmas so i could start backing up again.
Allison says
My last photo backup was yesterday. Documents – – never. 🙁
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/138098914971754496
rajee says
My sweet husband often reminds me to back up. But I am too lazy to do it and so I have lost all important files when my pc was crash 🙁
rajee says
2. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Saving For Someday
rajee says
3. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Untrained Housewife
rajee says
4. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Add a Pinch
rajee says
5. 1 entry – Become a Fan of Drobo
rajee says
6. 1 entry – Follow Saving For Someday on Twittter
rajee says
7. 1 entry – Follow Untrained Housewife on Twittter
rajee says
8. 1 entry – Follow Add A Pinch on Twittter
rajee says
9. 1 entry – Follow Drobo on Twittter
rajee says
1. 1 entry each – Leave a comment on Saving For Someday, and Add A Pinch telling them when you last did a back up then come back HERE
rajee says
http://twitter.com/#!/momsfocus/status/138326653590966272
Lee Reyes-Fournier says
We backed up all our computers before our move. My desktop was packed and moved by the movers. Needless to say I also made three jumpdrives with my books and other writing just in case.
Mike says
https://twitter.com/#!/mtdoonmeister/status/138340264015167490
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Shared post on FB
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Ericka says
I just recently had a hard drive crash on my Gateway. I lost everything 🙁 Fortunately, my pictures were backed-up, but I lost all documents and tons of saved websites which is something you don’t necessarily think of until your computer dies!!
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/138434611196862464
Tim says
Today’s tweet entry https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/138766605831254016
Cary G says
Last time I did a backup was right before my PC needed to be reformatted and Windows installed. Unfortunately the external hard drive I backed up to died.
Luckily I was able to temporarily revive it and recover my data. Now it sits on my shelf as a reminder.
Brad says
I backup twice a week, but it would be nice to have more space so I can keep more backups.
Tim says
I am following @drobo (Drobo) on Twitter
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/139087417113198592
Mike says
https://twitter.com/#!/mtdoonmeister/status/139120617671766016
mtdoonmeister at gmail dot com
Mike says
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=321631181196938&id=100001404718753
You’re already helping me back-up… I remembered I needed to back up when I got to this page… LOL
mtdoonmeister at gmail dot com
Tim says
Shared on Facebook.
Kristie says
I do backups regularly. Right now I use Carbonite, but since they charge me yearly it would be great to have a product like this that I don’t have to keep paying for.
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/139460394585554944
Mike says
https://twitter.com/#!/mtdoonmeister/status/139474662676643840
mtdoonmeister at gmail dot com
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/139889833073065984
Happy Thanksgiving!
alejandro aguilar says
my last back up 1 year ago
Brett says
My daily tweet entry – https://twitter.com/gadgetguru72/status/140170653805453312
Debbie C says
I am too ashamed to say that I don’t remember my last backup. Help.
chrisdeglen(at)gmail(dot)com
Debbie C says
@chrisdeglen tweeted:
twitter.com/#!/chrisdeglen/status/140277164514873344
chrisdeglen(at)gmail(dot)com
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/140227412112834560
Brett says
Daily tweet – http://twitter.com/#!/GadgetGuru72/status/140460299911307264.
I can’t remember the last time I’ve wanted to win a giveaway as much as this one. Fingers crossed.
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/140590585550606336
Tim says
Shared it on Facebook
ferriz says
i hadnt backed up in a long time and lost over 500 pictures. 🙁
Brett says
My daily tweet – http://twitter.com/#!/GadgetGuru72/status/140834020702420992
Thank you.
Debra F says
I back up on the first of every month ever since I lost all my photos and files when my last computer unexpectedly died and all my data was unrecoverable.
melissa Resnick says
I did a back up about a year ago
Jennifer C says
We back up daily, but once my cats knocked over my external drive one too many times and destroyed it, thus losing many photos we had.
Tim says
Tweet entry for today https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/140927026285654016
Derk Thomas says
I do not really backup. Just have the old data on another computer.
dawn says
I backed up my computer in Jan.
mightynaynay(at)cs.com
Tim says
Final tweet entry https://twitter.com/#!/JST4SHO/status/141311751072387072
Thanks for the chance to win the Drobo.
Happy Holidays
Brett says
Daily tweet – http://twitter.com/#!/GadgetGuru72/status/141335090994225153
Thanks!
brian e. says
Thanks for the giveaway…we back-up our files about once a month…if we remember !
senorpiero [at] yahoo [dot] com
brian e. says
…like Untrained Housewife / Facebook: bryan eason
brian e. says
Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/brianpiero/status/141337974376890368
Betty C says
Well I thought I backed up everything to an external hard drive – – then it failed!! I haven’t found a reliable way to save everything unless I pay big bucks to have it stored online or use hundreds of disks.
I’m all for backing things up but when the back up fails everything is toast.
Betty C says
I commented on on Saving For Someday and Add A Pinch about my backup woes.
Betty C says
I’m a fan of Saving For Someday on Facebook.
Betty C says
I like Drobo on Facebook.
Jay F. says
I have backups running nightly, but I recently had my external drive storing my backups crash. I’ve got a second internal drive holding backups, but that’s not very satisfying!
Betty C says
I’m a fan of Untrained Housewife on Facebook.
Betty C says
I’m a fan of Add a Pinch on Facebook.
Betty C says
I follow Saving For Someday on Twitter as willitara.
Betty C says
I follow Untrained Housewife on Twitter as willitara.
Betty C says
I follow Add A Pinch on Twitter as willitara.
Betty C says
I follow Drobo on Twitter as willitara.
Betty C says
Tweet – https://twitter.com/#!/willitara/status/141391400691445760
Jay F. says
I left a comment on Saving For Someday and Add A Pinch telling them when I last did a back up.