circusboy01
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Can anyone tell me exactly what "The cloud" is? Whats it for? How does it work? How does one use it?
Cloud:- is an implementation of SaaS, Software as a Service. The Office 365 product is an example. The user installs nothing (or at least something very small) and accesses the application "on the web'. As mentioned, there are several backup solutions, Dropbox and Google Drive are other tools. Commerically, the AWS by Amazon is a structure to allow companies to dynamically configure (more hosts, storage) on demand.
There are issues for security and privacy that plague SaaS and there is still working being done in this area.
depends - - you need to look at the specs of itSo my Real Player Cloud can store more songs than my old Real Player could. Right?
Personally, I would NEVER use a Cloud backup as my only tool. As a second copy - - perhaps. The first issue that should be obvious is the system needs to have sufficient facility to boot AND access the Internet :giggle:can I use Cloud to back up my whole system? Is it cheaper than using something like Carbonite?
depends - - you need to look at the specs of it
Personally, I would NEVER use a Cloud backup as my only tool. As a second copy - - perhaps. The first issue that should be obvious is the system needs to have sufficient facility to boot AND access the Internet :giggle:
Regardless of cost, I would not rely upon Carbonite.That is unless you think "Carbonite" is worth the money.
If you wanted to be real serious about it without the cloud, you would buy an external drive (or an internal and use an external dock). Then clone your OS drive to that drive with something like this (free. Then store that drive in a safe deposit box at a bank, except for removing to bring it to your house to clone. Use 2 drives so one is always at the bank for ultra protection.
I have a Compaq computer with the Hard Drive messed up. I think it can be fixed but the guys at BestBuy wanted so much money to do it I was better off buying the Lenovo that I'm using now. If I can fix the Hard Drive. I could put it in the Lenovo,
I'm using now and have one Hard drive to use, and one for back ups. Right?
For just a regular backup, having them in the same computer is alright. Very few people do offsite backups. It really depends on how robust of a backup you want to do and what software you are going to use.
Is your Lenovo a desktop?
Why would I buy an external Harddrive when I already have a Haeddrive in my Compaq that ( once I get it working again ) I can either put it in the Lenovo, or leave it in the Compaq, and use the compaq for backup.Find the USB 2.0 port and wire that to an external HDD