This month, I thought I’d help you make some tech-friendly New Year’s Resolutions. They have nothing to do with calories, and everything to do with being tech smart and responsible. The first resolution is to find a proper data protection solution.
I’m going to admit to something. I haven’t been backing up my hard drive. It’s pretty stupid, really, since almost all of our family photos reside on my machine, plus all of my work documents. Even though I’d tell you without hesitation that YOU should have a back-up plan, I just haven’t followed through. The truth is that, like most of us, I’m busy. I don’t want one more thing to worry about and I don’t want my machine bogged down.
Hitachi approached me a few weeks ago to try out their Touro Mobile Pro portable drive and I didn’t hesitate. If I’m going to preach to you to back up your data, I should be backing up mine, too. When the Touro Mobile Pro arrived, I plugged it into my laptop with the included USB cable. I ran the setup software. The software controls which folders are backed up, how often the backup occurs, at what time, and how many copies are kept. I changed the settings a bit since I don’t need to backup my entire user folder (I don’t need saved games, random software, etc.) and then the Touro went to work. It took quite some time for the initial backup and so I just left it humming away (not literally humming – it’s virtually silent, of course).
I left the Touro plugged into my machine and set the backup for 4:30 in the afternoon, figuring that my laptop would be on, but I wouldn’t be doing any major work at that time. Several days later I started to get concerned. Nothing seemed to be happening. And, yet, when I pulled the software up on my screen it told me that it had been backing up daily, just as scheduled. And there were the files on my Touro. For less than 15 minutes of my time TOTAL, I have set up a comprehensive backup system that keeps multiple versions of changed files. It’s that easy.
The Touro Mobile Pro comes with another great option. It gives you 3GB of cloud storage (i.e. file space online) to use as well. You can put your important documents in case of a fire, or your music so you can access it while on vacation. You can share your pictures with friends and family. If the 3GB isn’t enough space, you can upgrade your account to receive 250GB of storage for $49/year.
Details
- Comes in shiny “piano black”
- Reads/writes with USB 3.0 (compatible with USB 2.0) and 7200 RPMs
- Works with PC/Mac (will need to be reformatted to work with Mac)
- Includes 3GB cloud backup, upgradeable to 250GB
- Comes in 500 & 750 GB sizes
- MSRP: $109.99-$129.99
- Quick and easy to set up
- Comes with everything you need
- Requires no additional effort to maintain
- Small and portable
- Software may be overly simple for advanced users
- Shiny black case is a fingerprint magnet
- Max capacity of 750 GB may be too limiting for those with a lot of multi-media files
And I’ve got a surprise to help you with your first tech New Year’s Resolution… I’m giving away a Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro! This is going to make your data protection resolution an easy one to complete! Please use the Rafflecopter widget below. Don’t see it? Reload the page, or drop me an email.
Disclosure: We received a Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro for review purposes. There was no promise of a positive review and the opinions contained in this post are my own. This giveaway is sponsored by Hitachi, but the winner is selected by me. Image courtesy of Hitachi.
I would miss my photos.
All the songs we have downloaded onto the computer.
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Family photos.
I would miss family photos and financial documents most.
If I lost my hard drive I’d really miss all my photos
I’s miss all my photos – oh, it would be awful to lose them.
All my music
My pictures!
I’d miss my documents and personal pictures.
my pictures
If you had a hard drive crash, I would you miss my anime & pictures the most. I take alot of pictures of lot of different places, events & conventions so it would be horrible if something ever happened to them.
It has happened to me before and I miss my photos.
The pictures of my kids anything else can be replaced
I’d miss my pictures
I would miss my photos.
For sure the kids pictures!
Pictures and passwords!
If I had a hard drive crash, I’d miss my pictures the most!
I’d miss EVERYTHING but I’d miss my (kids/family) videos the most
Thanks for the giveaway…I have some very old b & w family photos scanned that are still on the hard drive.
all my pics and docs, really gotta figure out some kinda backup solution
i’d miss my pictures
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