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Posted by Oilcan on February 9, 2008, 1:34 am
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There are two versions - Connect / Iron Mountain (very expensive for what
they do) and an Intuit Quicken Backup that is now integrated into the
product. I am talking about the Intuit version and not Connect / Iron
Mountain. Sorry for not making myself clear.
Oilcan
> Nope, never even heard of them. Thanks for the suggestion though (or was
> it
> a question?).
>
> Are they safe to do business with? Quicken Online Backup is done by a
> third
> party (used to be Connected, now I think it's Iron Mountain). I knew
> nothing
> about them either but I felt safe with any company that Intuit certified.
>
> By now they may have Quicken Online Backup working with Vista. I haven't
> checked with them since last September.
>
> For now I'm doing without. For me it's hardly worth the cost. All it saves
> me is the effort of making sure I have a fairly recent backup outside of
> my
> home to protect against theft, fire or other natural disaster.
>
>> Have you checked out Carbonite or Mozy to see if they work with Vista?
>>
>>>I dropped this service last September. At that time, even though I
>>>selected
>>> exactly what folders to back up, it still insisted on scanning my entire
>>> computer every time it made a backup. I never investigated this issue
>>> but
>>> I
>>> think it may be cause for concern.
>>>
>>> Simply seeing a display of your entire C drive isn't as big an issue. As
>>> Oilcan stated they just want you to be able to mark what folders and
>>> files
>>> to back up and to make it easy for you to navigate to them if you need
>>> to
>>> restore them.
>>>
>>> Online Backup wasn't working for Vista at the time I dropped it,
>>> probably
>>> because it was too "snoopy" for Vista's taste.
>>>
>>> Re hexHead's comment, I'd make sure that your Quicken DB is
>>> password-protected before you start using this service. You might also
>>> want
>>> to delete or password-protect all Quicken backups on your computer
>>> unless
>>> you can be certain that they won't also be backed up online.
>>>
>>> Jerry
>>>
>>>>I don't have enough information here, but I believe Teri needs to select
>>>>from her window the folders or files she wants updated. Depending on
>>>>what
>>>>she subscribed she might have enough space to backup her whole c drive.
>>>>Unlikely, but possible.
>>>>
>>>> Teri at a minimum, select the high level folder where you Q data files
>>>> reside. I have no problem with this service - nor am I concerned about
>>>> hexHead's comment.
>>>>
>>>> If you have a friend that is somewhat professional in computers, look
>>>> to
>>>> that person for some advise (invite them over for ... as a bribe).
>>>>
>>>> Oilcan
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I finally decided to try the online service. My question is this -
>>>>>>when
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>go
>>>>>>into the program, I see ALL my C drive data in there - is this
>>>>>>possible?
>>>>>>Is
>>>>>>this the way this backup system works? Am rather concerned.
>>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why ANYBODY would upload ANY of their personal info ANYWHERE on the
>>>>> internet is beyond me, much less your PERSONAL FINANCE info.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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