Re: Reply: From Gail re: back-ups

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

OK, thanks for the info.

I recommend that you keep a copy of your passwords in your "go pack" since
you'll probably want that info in the case that your home burns down, etc.

 > From: <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 > Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 17:23:59 -0800

 > Hi Robert,

 > Yes, we both have Carbonite (I believe that is for back ups rather than for
 > something else) that we pay for I think monthly. Don's is for his laptop
 > even though he no longer uses a computer. There are a lot of things like
 > photos that are on his laptop that I may not have on my computer, but so far
 > I never seem to have the time to go through them, and if I already have
 > those photos on my computer or in my photo albums, etc., then take his
 > laptop to Channel Data in SB I guess to take everything off of his computer
 > and get rid of the laptop or maybe give it to a school for students to use
 > as I don't envision ever wanting or needing to use a laptop when I have my
 > PC that I like. I guess I should do that as silly to pay that extra amount
 > when I could just pay for my computer's backup, but I don't realistically
 > envision that I would have time to do that until Don passes away after I
 > have done all the more important things at that time like contacting social
 > security and putting our SCE electric bills under my name instead of his,
 > etc.

 > You might be interested to know that recently I suddenly noticed that my
 > cursor on my PC was moving around as if someone was on there virtually that
 > I didn't authorize. I immediately contacted my brother, Dana, in Mass. and
 > had him do what ever one does to check that out. Fortunately since then I
 > haven't run into any residual problems with my computer so I must have acted
 > fast enough, but that was scary. He and I mentioned about all the increase
 > in crime which I thought was due to right wing Republican Trump, but he felt
 > it was due to AI. Anyway it's always something that I have to suddenly
 > tackle which leads to my being overwhelmed.

 > Best,
 > Gail

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert> 
 > Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2026 8:21 AM
 > Subject: back-ups

 > Gail - do you have a back-up system set up for your computer?  I forgot to
 > ask that when Noelle and I were in Goleta.

 > Thanks.