Synchronize tool

From the day when I start having an habit of keeping backup files on to both my Pen drive and External hard drive (as per my lecture advice).. I always do copy & paste of the files... Simple procedure that any novice will do like me... Sometimes, by mistake it happens that I forgot to copy some of the least important files to my backup devices... and in case when I need that any time later.. I usually end up searching all my three devices (Laptop Hard disk, pen drive & external hard disk) to find the one... I was following this procedure until recently my friend Felix has told me about the "Microsoft Sync Toy" tool.. it is awesome... very simple and easy to use.. no need to read any instruction for using this file... we just need to select the left and right side folders.. and the choosing the option for how we want to synchronize... i.e., either on both side or only on one side... rest the software takes care of everything what we want to achieve... Simple but very powerful tool... If you haven't tried this yet.. then you could probably want to do that now.... ;-)

Online backup

To my remembrance... first I started using pen drive, then external hard disk and then tried Microsoft skyDrive.. but it wasn't much user friendly... for eg. I can't select the entire folder option to do backup.. instead I have to select each files in the folder individually... things could have improved better now.... but i moved on to follow my own way... by keep emailing all the important files to my Gmail (Google mail) inbox... since they support lengthy files as well.... Future belongs to online.. therefore, online backup software's tools are coming along... such as like Novabackup, Titan, etc.,

I read the article in computer world (click here to read the article).. they said.. even through uploading takes longer time when compared to download speed of our internet.. it is worth keeping backup files in online.... They made the point.. it makes sense... so I start downloading the NovaBackup file.. thinking of to try the trial version....

File size was around 96MB.. (no worries.. it took less than 10mins to complete it with 8Mbps broadband speed)... and it's 15 days free trial period... signup is must to access the software... so I did created the new account.. but unfortunately they also want my credit card details to access this free 15 day trial period of 1GB storage space.. and there after it will cost $50/- for subscription for 10GB storage space...

I couldn't understand.. why they want me to provide credit card details for trying the free trial version... I prefer to test the software initially without giving any of my payment account details.. If I feel the software is effective enough... and then i would like to pay for their service but certainly not before...

Even though online backup software's are available for free download... It is not easily accessible.... :-(

Apple OS does CRASH

Old myth... "Apple Operating System doesn't crash".. I believed so till I find myself, my roommates laptop got crashed and lost all his data... My friend said, it has happened because of installing Mozilla firefox and system start performing slow after that...

Actually, he has shut down the system by forcing it... so the OS has crashed and asked to insert the disk to rectify the error... but it didn't worked out.. so took the laptop to the Apple service center.. but his luck didn't work.. he lost all his data from the hard disk... the guy has formated the system.. even then it didn't install the OS... finally they have replaced the hardisk to get back the laptop into the normal working condition....

May be the problem is with the hardisk... but what happened is, Apple Leopard OS has crashed... so no more saying that only Microsoft windows crashes all the time...