The video above is a precursor to the storm season beginning here in the southeast U.S., and I am reminded of the many horror stories I heard many years ago of lost data files, crashed hardrives, stolen laptops, hackers, and failed disaster recovery plans when struck by hurricanes. Katrina will forever be brandished in our minds. It motivated me to develop, build and launch BackvaultDirect, then a remote online backup subscription service.

The issues here dealt with downloading software, which had to be learned -- creating many customer service calls -- lost passwords, file extensions that could not be backed up, lack of interoperability amongst several computers, and all those software programs that also could not be backed up. The biggest problem is that customers have to depend upon and trust third parties who have possession of your sensitive data. Think about your emails, customer lists, confidential contracts and information, etc. Depending on your business, be aware that a creative attorney with a subpoena in his hands can wind up costing you more than you think.

Many of these same problems still exist today relative to remote online backup, although there are certainly some good companies out there. Example: Symantec. Be that as it may, you MUST have a backup solution for your computers, that's an absolute. If you do not, you are taking on risk that will surely have you screaming with despair at some point in the future. The statistics are not in your favor, trust me.

So, since I have been traveling lately, and now preparing for the hurricane season, I discovered what I believe is the coolest backup solution ever. No software to download, a hardrive the size of a credit card, and devices capable of backing up EVERYTHING, no exceptions, and can be used on any, or as many, computers as you desire. Imagine, 16GB to 1TB! And even if the internet is down, which is what happens during disasters, I can still do my work and my backups. No lost photo files, music files, video files, software programs, document extensions of any kind and length, and so simple, a child can use it.

As a matter of fact, I am so impressed with this product, even though I sold my old Netspace business in 2006, which developed BackvaultDirect, I did manage to hold onto ownership of the domain name after the sale, and now have it pointing to this singular best automatic backup solution. No software to download, NO MONTHLY (or annual) FEES! Just pick a product that suits your needs, and use it forever. Yes, it is very inexpensive, and foolproof, guaranteed. You won't be pulling your hair out later, when you least expect it, as loss of data is a totally preventable situation. You have insurance, don't you? Why? To mitigate risk. Same thing here. YOU MUST HAVE IT!

However, backup systems that promise to restore your applications and operating system will only work on an identical computer to the one backed up. (That's not the case here!)

Identical computer hardware will be extremely difficult to locate within months of purchasing your computer. This means that if your PC is lost, stolen, or you have a major hardware failure as a result of water damage, you will likely be unable to recover your software applications and operating system as promised by many of these backup systems.

Restoring this type of backup will also restore viruses, trackers and malware back onto your computer. In many cases, putting aside a hurricane preparedness plan, this could be the cause of your computer crash in the first place! Hence, "smart" file backup on external devices provides a better solution for Disaster Recovery than internet dependent applications in the time of crisis, when many systems will be down.

You'll want to back up photos, music, video, office documents, tax returns, email, web favorites, everything on your computer you can’t replace. And you can backup as many computers as you like with one drive, absolutely no limits.

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