Ever lost important files?

I'm sure you've had this happen - you're in the middle of a paper. You're working hard and things are going good. You step away from your computer for some grub and a night away, and by the time you come back - POOF! - your computer it blue screened (I know, I know, Mac users probably don't have this....but until someone buys me a Mac, I'm sticking with the cheap Windows that meets my needs) and you're stuck with the last auto-save that Office did (if it can recover it).

This is why you need to BACK STUFF UP. I personally use SyncToy to back my laptop up to my server. But I've come to the realization lately that it's not enough. What happens if my stuff gets stolen? What if I want to go back to an older revision and I've overwritten it? The solution? Off-site backup.

There are a number of ways to do this, and an even greater number of online places to do this: Amazon's S3, Microsoft's SkyDrive, Carbonite, and Mozy. I'm using Mozy. This is for a number of reasons:

1. Price. It's FREE for 2GB of online storage. Yes, free. No strings attached. Obviously, 2GB isn't enough to store a music collection, or a full set of home videos, etc, but it's PLENTY for me to save all my school work and other important documents. If you really need the extra space, they offer unlimited backup for $4.95/month.
2. Location. I'm a Utahn, born and bred. If I can support a homegrown company versus Amazon or MS, I will.
3. I know employees. The company is solid.
   
4. Encryption. It's safe and secure.
5. Block-level incremental backups. This is cool. This method only backs up the blocks within the file that changed, rather than copying the whole file.

Convinced?
Go to Mozy.com to sign up for an account and download their software. It's free. You can thank me later.