While eagerly waiting the arrival of my new computer, something my husband said got me thinking… switching over won’t be a big deal. I’ll only need about a half a day to install all software and then I’m up and running. All my files reside on an external hard drive. That’s what got me thinking.

If anything happens to that hard drive, I’m out of luck. Before I got the hard drive, I backed up everything on discs. I guess I could do that again but it’s an all day job and takes 80 bazillion cds to store all the data. Not the best use of time and resources.

Are you one of those people who doesn’t back up their data?

This is often one of those neglected.. "I don’t have time right now"… put it on the back burner things to do later.. Just imagine the time you would waste not to mention grief if you lost your data. Not sure what to store? This Microsoft article gives you a nice starter checklist.

Another thing my techie recommended I backup my Application Data folder. So once a week I back it up on the external drive… which brings me back to finding an effective way to back up the data on the external hard drive.

So I’m looking into using an online storage service.

Yesterday on Twitter @caroldeckert said she was still trying to restore her computer files since Sunday using Carbonite Online Backup System. I definitely want a service that won’t take days to restore data. My mentor and mastermind partner Kirt Christensen uses and recommended Mozy.com

Before I commit to Mozy, I like to hear your two cents on how you back up your data. What do you use? and how happy are you with it?