Most people know that they should back-up their most important computer files, but often don't do it. Part of the reason is it's a hassle to always be thinking of regular back-up, and it's expensive to buy external drives and pay for back-up software. Here's a great way to back up your key files - and it's also FREE!
1.) Open a free Gmail account here.
2.) Email your key files to your own Gmail account.
Why does this make so much sense? Gmail stores your files off-site. That means that if there is some kind of disaster in the building where you keep your computer, your files will be safe in a different location. Gmail offers a gigabyte of storage space. That's considerably larger than Yahoo! mail and Hotmail, for example. Emailing files is easy and hassle-free. Sure, it's not a comprehensive back-up plan for all your files, but if you keep your most important files in a dedicated folder, it's easy and quick to find them and email them. For even greater safety with no added bother or expense, you can open multiple Web email accounts with multiple providers. Google, Yahoo! and MSN store their email data in different locations. So if you send an email with attached files to three different Web email addresses at once, you get multi-location back-up in one click.
