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Once you've selected which files you want backed up, it's time to customize how Mozy operates.

You can decide whether you want Mozy to back up your entire drive, or if you just want to pick and choose what needs backed up. In the 'File System' menu you can check individual folders and files to get more granular control over exactly which items Mozy will backup. To get finer control over individual folders and files move one tab over to 'File System' and browse your entire computer like so: By default it scans your system and adds things like My Documents, videos, photos, contacts, and browser bookmarks to your backup set. The screenshot above shows you the initial screen you see after Mozy finishes installing. Mozy is pretty well set up out of the box but it does require a little tweaking to take advantage of all the options. This is a great time to plug in an external hard drive if you want to take advantage of the Mozy's secondary backup features-which you do, so plug the drive in now! (Note: Make sure your external hard drive is at least as big as the drives you're backup up so you don't run into any problems with your data pool exceeding the size of the backup media.) Step 2: Setting Up Mozy Run the installer, and when you've finished, the setup menu will automatically pop up. After you've signed up, grab a copy of MozyHome. It's $4.95 per month (or $55 per year) for unlimited backup on home computers, both locally and to Mozy's servers (where privacy hounds will be happy to know the backups are sent completely encrypted).įirst, head over to Mozy and sign up for an account. At the end of the day, we'd strongly recommend paying for MozyHome Unlimited.

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If you've never used Mozy before and you're curious if this guide will really help you automate your backups with no fuss or headaches, you should really sign up for a free account and give it a try.

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MozyHome Free is a no-cost solution that uses the same software and syncing at MozyHome Unlimited but is limited to backing 2GB of data. Step 1: Signing Up and Installing the Software

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Whether you want to set up a data protection plan for yourself or for a less than computer-savvy relative (we'll be referring to this relative as Uncle Ted for the rest of the guide), Mozy provides a dead-simple backup plan for both Windows and Macs. We understand the allure of patching together your own awesome and custom-fit backup system, but we also understand the allure of the 'It Just Works' method. You'll find no shortage of ways to backup your data-to other hard drives, to network drives, to external drives, to the cloud, to your neighbor's house, to a data center in Houston, etc.-but not everyone makes computer tinkering and data backup their part-time hobby. Here's a set-it-and-forget-it, step-by-step guide to backing up your data. The sweet spot of a foolproof hard drive backup plan includes local backup to an external drive and off-site backup to the cloud.

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