3-2-1 data backup is great, but first you need to find all of your data

Thomas MacEntee
Sep 8, 2023
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About this webinar

By now you’ve all heard about 3-2-1 computer backup. Having three copies of your data makes sense, but this relies on knowing where your data is in the first place. Is everything on your computer? What about the external drive in the closet? Or the SD cards in the drawer? Is some of your data in a cloud application, and what happens to that data if you forget to pay the subscription? I call this problem “Data Scatter” and it is the enemy of the 3-2-1 backup model. It’s hard to back up all your data if the primary copies are scattered everywhere. Let’s walk through the problem and we’ll propose a few things you can do to reign in your data and give the 3-2-1 backup model a fighting chance.

About the speaker

Thomas MacEntee is a guy with a love of punk rock music but also art history who somehow “fell” into the technology industry years ago. He left a lucrative tech career to pursue his love of family his...
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  1. HS
    Helen Simmons
    2 years ago

    As always, Thomas provides great information. This is case where we all need to take action based on what we learned. No excuses now! Thank you!

  2. MC
    Maria Capaldi
    2 years ago

    Great information from Thomas MacEntee, was great to see him!

  3. GS
    Gina Spr
    2 years ago

    Good webinar... Thank you

  4. DC
    Dellie Craig
    2 years ago

    very informative

  5. KS
    Kathleen Smith
    2 years ago

    Very informative Webinar...appreciated the info and will consider buying and updating my system.

  6. BS
    Barbara L Stanford
    2 years ago

    Thanks so much for having Thomas MacEntee speak on the inportance of back-up which is so important and necessary to keep our files safe!

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    Kristin Macy
    2 years ago

    Ever changing technology will always be a challenge, thank you Thomas for making things so much easier to understand. Backup Data is very very important!

  8. SM
    Sue Meise
    2 years ago

    Thomas always is a Special Guest! He is so informative. Thank you for this class.

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