SIR Area 2
Computer and Technology Group
Webmaster Phil Goff
AREA 2 COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY
Meeting Summary for April 19, 2012
PRESENTATION: “Organizing Your Files and Backing Up with Acronis TrueImage Software,” a webinar with Gene Barlow
Derek Southern opened the meeting at 9:00am. Executive Committee members attending were Phil Goff, Neil Schmidt, Derek Southern, Dean Steichen, Dick Curry, Jack Bevis, Frank Crua, and Barry Brown. Total attendance was.
Derek was online with Gene Barlow of Acronis. He worked with Barlow who was in St. George UT to produce a webinar. The connection was less than perfect. But with a number of reboots Gene did give his presentation. He presented Acronis True Image Backup software. Comments on this are presented below.
Dick Curry held a Q&A session after the presentation.
Barry Brown once again brought various articles and books as prizes for a raffle, which was held after the break. Acronis also provided a copy of Acronis True Image as a door prize.
We adjourned at 11am.
Jack Bevis, Secretary
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PRESENTATION
“Organizing Your Files and Backing Up with Acronis TrueImage Software,” a webinar with Gene Barlow
The three main parts of a backup program are: Organize you hard drive into partitions: Protect it with regular backups and be able to restore after a problem. Acronis is a leading program that provides all of these features.
This was a fairly straightforward presentation covering material with which most of us are fairly familiar (or should be).
There was a final portion on File Synchronization that I found interesting.
If you have 2 or more PCs and want to mirror a selection of files with Acronis you can do so. It allows you to replicate data between multiple computers, files and devices. You can Sync files including photo sharing with friends and family on the web.
Q&A with
Dick Curry
Dick was asked about “One password”, a password lock box program. Quite a discussion ensued. There are a number of good password programs out there. Dick suggests that you Google the program that you are considering and read the reviews.
There were also comments on storing passwords on a flash drive.
