Comment Re:Priceless advice (Score 1) 350
I agree with this. I set up a linux box to pull data changes nightly from my parents machines. This way they have to do nothing and their data gets backed up, which I think is the best solution. If the backup fails, I get notified and usually find out the machine was shut off.. other than that it is quite reliable.
If you can't do that, you could just create a batch file that zips up data folders nightly using task scheduler, and then a weekly prompt to insert a CD/DVD for backup. It can't get much easier than that (I used Nero's command line burning and did it all with batch files).
If you can't do that, you could just create a batch file that zips up data folders nightly using task scheduler, and then a weekly prompt to insert a CD/DVD for backup. It can't get much easier than that (I used Nero's command line burning and did it all with batch files).
