geeks-for-relief-com.jpg Data loss due to natural disasters like hurricanes, is becoming a normal phenomena. Geeks for Relief is now offering free remote backup for 120 days. With National Hurricane Center, predicting 13-16 storms this year, it is better to prepare for these events. The online backup service providers, (sponsored and hosted by Remote Backup Solutions) have decided to provide a website and resource for people exposed to hurricanes free of cost, as many people don’t have a backup plan. For the people in hurricane-affected states the free offer is for 120 days of remote backup coverage, during hurricane season. Each backup vendor has agreed to provide 2 Gigs of space.

With backup service providers using online backup software from Remote Backup Systems, the software allows you to choose which files to backup from different methods. For this first you have to select your backup service provider and create an account and download, install the software and decide which files to backup. The data encryption scrambles your data and until you apply the correct encryption key. Remember that if you lose your key, you would lose your data.

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