If it isn’t the little boys that love to keep mommy awake or the princess, um, dog that likes to check on things in the middle of the night, it’s me with my chronically over thinking brain that leave sleep impossible many nights. One of the many worries that occasionally flit through my mind….what would I do if I lost everything on my computer hard drives. In this day and age, I rely, like many, on my computer to fulfill so many roles. It maintains my recipes, my to-do lists, my resume, many documents relevant for my writing and for my ‘on-hold’ career, and it contains the pictures that I just can’t imagine losing. I’ve backed up most of my data on our desktop but the way things seem to go…it is just as likely to have both fail at the same time as just one. Our data isn’t the only concern…what about the computer itself and all of the programs I used daily. While it may not be impossible to download the programs again, it certainly is a huge time-drain.
In enters my new Replica from Seagate. It has the ability to back up my computer seamlessly. Thank goodness for simple solutions! All you have to do is plug it in and hit ‘okay.’ It automatically begins a scan for software updates for the Replica, installs the necessary components, and begins the back up. From the moment I plugged it in until it began the official back up process was four minutes. Now my computer is, for me, pretty full and it took less than 4 hours for the first large back up. Not too bad! Surprisingly, it didn’t slow me down and I was able to work as it worked without any delays. Now I’m happy to say that I haven’t had to do a system restore (Please, oh Gods of Dell. I would rather not have to test this out soon.), but it appears to be a very easy and simple process , as long as you’ve allowed your Replica to do it’s job and back up. In addition to a system restore, the Replica can also help to move your data from one hard drive to another. If you have two computers you’d like to keep safe, a 500 GB multi-PC and dock set is available.
The perfect gift for computer-using fathers and grads, you can find more info about the Seagate Replica here.
Congratulations to Lori W., Jennifer B., and Shilo B. This contest is now closed. It is with much excitement that we can offer our readers an opportunity to win their own “piece of mind” with a Seagate Giveaway. One grand prize winner will receive a 250 GB Seagate Replica (worth 129.99) and two runners up will each receive a 320 GB FreeAgent Go (worth 89.99). For an entry please answer this question in our comments: How do you currently back up your data?
To earn an additional entry each, please become a fan of Seagate on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Seagate-Technology/27335728124 and/or follow on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Seagate. Once you’ve done either or both, come back to leave a separate comment for each thing that you’ve done. For US Residents only. Please no PO Boxes. This contest ends June 18 at 11:59 pm ET.
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no backup right now !
I just started using a flash drive for my personal files. That will help my work but not my computer.
I don’t currently back up any data! I am real lucky my computer hasn’t ever crashed! Thanks.
kport207 at gmail dot com
Just little flash drives…need a REAL backup!Thanks for the giveaway!
I copy my photos to CD’s.
After my laptop crashed last summer, I’ve been backing up on USB drives. I would LOVE to win this to back-up my files. Thanks so much!
I save what I have to have on a flash
I also follow Seagate on Twitter (lipstickncandy)
I only backup pictures to my flash drive.
i tend not to back up
This is a great giveaway. Nice website also.
We currently back up with CD’s!
Thanks for entering me! Great Contest!
Janna Johnson
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Facebook fan!
Seagate Twitter follower! (feedyourpig)
right now, I just use a USB…but it doesn’t fit much and I don’t trust it all that much…thanks for the great chance
I use flash drives, but they don’t store as much as I would like, so you have to use a bunch of them. Thanks.
I have no backup. Thanks for the chance.
External hard drive backed up every couple of weeks.
I do not back up my data at the moment. I know, I know!
Seagate Facebook fan carol p dziuba
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I currently back up to DVD’s but I hear that they are not too reliable in the long term. I would like to get a secondary hard drive for backups. Please enter me in your giveaway.
I back it up to a USB drive but I need something larger and better to store all the data no just critical stuff only.
Right now I use CDs and DVDs
I currently have a Western Digital MyBook drive that I use to backup a couple of the computers.
I currently use spare 40 gig hard drives and a very slow transfer system to back up data.
I use a USB drive to backup now, however I do not backup that often.
When I back up, it is on a flash drive.
I too have no backup, makes me a nervous wreck! lol
Thanks for the review and giveaway!
I don’t have a back up now.
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when we get enough to make it worth-while… we burn to cd/dvd… but that doesn’t always work…
i would love to win this prize,thank you
I don’t back up my date and I know I should
I should back up my data, but I don’t
I put my photos on CD. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
I have no backup right now, which is why I need this! Thanks!
I use Linksys NAS-200 with a 500GB drive. I back up 2 desktops and a laptop with plenty of space left over.
i currently burn really important files onto discs.
I currently back up to an external disk, but don’t do it very often.
I have a few pictures backed up on cd’s the rest of my pictures are not.
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I don’t back it up. Hubby backs up our quicken by burning a cd but this is hardly the right way to do it.
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i don’t !
onto cd disk
flash drives
We use blank CDs to back up our data… it really needs to be an easier way because we can’t find half of the CDs even through they are marked!
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I use CD’s
The things that are really important to me I backup and put on a flash drive. Our home computer and laptop crashed and I lost most everything.
My husband takes care of that, so I really don’t know. But I’m sure this will help;)
I have an external hard drive with all of my pictures and documents.
I have an external HD that I back up to, but it is only just big enough since it is pretty old. THanks for the giveaway!
wow, great contest
I regognize the inportance of backing up, this would have the power and space to save important and cherrished info
I backup important stuff onto CD’s.
Currently use an old hard drive I put in an external case with Windows back up utility, using one of your prizes would be simpler
not currently backing up data-aargh!
I currently don’t have backup. I know I’m just asking for trouble especially since my computer is on its way out so I could really use this. Thanks for the chance.
uhm, i’m not backing up at present
I am using cds for my backup right now. It takes so long that I don’t do it as often as I should.
backup?
sign me up
I back up my work/school related stuff on a 2 GB flashdrive. For everything else (pictures, music, etc) I just pray that nothing happens to it.
I’m a fan of Seagate on Facebook.
I follow Seagate on Twitter (username is Elkaye)
I follow Seagate on Twitter @vlbsweeps
I use flash drives.
Right now I just burn it all to DVDs
I backup through my husbands computer and he backs up via mine.
right now i dont back up any data! not good, i know
Knock on Wood that my computer dont crash! keeping my fingers crossed !Thanks.
Photos on CD’s but need to do a little more I think
I currently use a portable hard drive ~ it is bulky and unattractive
When I back up data, I put it on a cd or dvd. The problem is I do not back up as much as I should.
I burn CD’s every couple of years…yikes, huh?
Right now, I use my flashdrive to back up some of my information.
I don’t backup anything, which is so bad. I keep saying I need to do it but I never get around to buying any type of backup not even a flash drive.
I backup my pics & docs on cds & an external hard drive.
Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<
I use DVD’s to back up some picture files and my itunes, not very efficient at all.
I’m a Seagate Facebook Fan (Michelle Hudak)
I follow Seagate on Twitter (Username:auntiethesis)
Currently I back up my data to DVDs. It’s not very efficient, takes up a lot of space, and it is difficult to find things later, but I make do. Thank you for the very cool give-away.
To store back up of my photos of my adventures!@
Seagate on Facebook Vickie Bartlett
I don’t! that’s why I need this!
I don’t backup now since I don’t have another device to backup to
I use a USB drive
I just use a thumb drive for my smaller files, but I would love a real backup! Thanks for the giveaway!
I don’t (back up my data) I don’t have an extra hard drive!
I ask my hubby to do it, and then keep asking for months until he does it!
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hi, right now i am only backing up a few things on some small stick drives. its woefully inadequate, so of course i hope to win, thanks!
I email myself important stuff, which is probably not the best way to back things up.
Wow…this could relieve all the stress I have when I think about what would happen if my hard drive failed…
I haven’t been backing up at all lately… terrible, I know.
I backup my data to CDR’s.
I need to backup my Quickbooks files.
I occasionally burn a data cd or dvd when I’m bored for something to do on the computer. I’ve been burned doing it this way. Please accept my entry. Thank you.
I don’t back up, I wish I did though.
I don’t and it freaks me out…especially with all the pics we have on our computer.
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I don’t and it freaks me out…especially with all the pics we have on our computer.
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
I’d love to back up my pics…we have so many!
bebemiqui82(at)yahoo(dot)com
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I back up my data on a ton of tiny 1GB flash drives – it’s not a very good system, obviously, because I can never remember which drive I’ve put what I need on!
I don’t back up anything, Yikes!
Recordable DVDs and CDs
I so need one of these because I am terrible at backing up my computer and I would cry if all my pictures and patterns disappeared because I was so bad about not making copies.
I am now following Seagate on Twitter
Delaney_55 is my twitter id
I back up my files on a flash drive, CD or diskette
I don’t have a back-up,so I desperately need to win.
Twitter follower. jelly15301
Facebook fan of Seagate , jelly15301
Cancel entry #106, I’m a twitter follower of Seagate.
i don’t have any backup!
We don’t…isn’t that awful?
ummmm……I dont….very scary, i really need to
obviously i would really benefit from this giveaway – thanks for the opportunity
follow on twitter as lovinmykiddos
became a fan on facebook as Melissa Barnes
we have a backup drive but it’s making funny noises and doesn’t seem to always back up everything
I backup my system on memory sticks
I currently back-up my computer on discs. This would be great, instead! Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful giveaway!
back up to CD
I do not back up
I need to do it!!!
I haven’t been backing up but need to
I’m a fan of Seagate on Facebool
Well, when we were having work done on our computer, my 14 yr. old daughter copied everything on our computer onto cd’s…but she didn’t really label what was on what disc, and to find something would be a nightmare. Need help!
i back up the old old fashion way manually with cds+ patience
Back up? Does prayer help? I’ve put precious photos on CDs, but the rest isn’t. Thanks for the contest.
I dont have one!!! I need to win!
Honestly… if the computer is not set to automatically back up, it’s not done. Not by me. Stupid of me.
We save stuff on our external hard drive, but I keep wondering IF our computer crashed WOULD I actually be ABLE to get everything back by using that hard drive. I REALLY want that Replica. I know it would only be used IF the computer crashed, but hey, that’s when you REALLY need something you can count on to do the job.
We back our data up with a cd.
I use CD’s and flash drives, but not nearly enough!!
How do you currently back up your data?
I try to back up my data to cd!
I follow you on twitter – I am zwriter;
i don’t have backup. i really hadn’t thought about it, being new to the internet. but it is a scary thought.
If I remember to back up it’s usually onto cd or dvds.
I use a pair of external hard drives to back up data on an irregular basis. One just died on me, so I need a replacement, and this would work well.
I have a Seagate FreeAgent Desk to back-up my files. I’d like to win this for my mom, who not only doesn’t back-up her files, she wouldn’t begin to know how. The Replica would do everything for her, so everything will be safe the next time her motherboard goes out (she’s had two motherboard issues this year!) or something else goes wrong with her computer.
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I’m not sure but I think we have Norton and it backs up to the web. I would really like to be able to do it myself.
we don’t… and really should! hope we win so that will solve our problem, lol
I back up my photos online, but for the rest of my files, we have no back-up system! We would love to win this prize
Selected data to CD occasionally
Memory sticks
On cd and whatever I can copy in my email as well.
I follow Seagate on Twitter ljshores
I need this because I don’t have a backup plan and I’d just %&$^ if I lost everything.
I admit – I don’t really back up. I know – shame on me!
Thanks
I currently back up my files on an external hard drive, but it is old and I would love to have the Replica in order to backup my entire PC.
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Currently I burn my stuff to dvds or cds. And then if the cds get messed up I am in trouble.
I am a fan of seagate Jammie Morey
I am a twitter follower Jammie79
I back up all my pictures and important projects on cds! How awful is that???
Amber
Crystalclearbc@aol.com
I am a fan of Seagate on Facebook! (Amber Wooten)
Amber
Crystalclearbc@aol.com
At the moment I don’t have a way to back up my computer. But I should. My computer recently crashed causing me to lose everything that I had stored.
Thank you so much for the chance to win.
I have become a fan of Seagate on Facebook
I am following Seagate on Twitter as jlsc123
I currently back up my data here and there on online storage sites like Snapfish and Flickr, but it’s a pain and I definitely have privacy concerns. This would be so great to win, I have so many albums and home videos I’d love to be able to keep safe in case of a crash.
I back up my data on a memory stick . I would love to win this so i dont have to delete things i need anymore.
Um…I guess I don’t…oops!
I did the facebook thing!
I save on my DH’s work backup drive.
im following u on twitter
I do very little to back up my data, I hate to admit that, but I am so busy and a bit computer illiterate.
I do know that Seagate produces superior products! Thank you. 
I dont really back up my data at all.
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I currently back up my data on CD roms or a USB drive.
On my roommates backup drive. I should have one of my own.
I back up my data on a flash drive. I would love to be able to win and have more back up.
I am a fan of Seagate on Facebook.
I follow Seagate on Twitter.
I burn CDs to back everything up.
Right now I only have a tiny USB to back a few things up on. I need a new method.
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I’m a fan of Seagate on Facebook.
I follow Seagate on Twitter.
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I back up my photos on disc.
I back up all my photos on an external hard drive.
I desperately need this. My backup stuff no longer works!
I haven’t backed up my computer as of yet
Back up? I’m so bad! I only back up my company files and pictures (once in a while). I could really use this!
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I’m a Seagate FB fan: Cori Eckstrom Westphal
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I’m following Seagate on Twitter @coriwestphal
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I use dvds for pictures of the kids, my husband bought a seagate freeagent drive for all his school and work files. I could really use one for all my school work too! thanks for the chance.
I really don’t back up, except for my music and even that isn’t done very well. I use a USB drive whenever I think about it. Thanks for the chance to win this!
I’m following Seagate on Twitter under ewalsh1
Fan on Facebook
I currently burn everything to CD. The external drive would make things SO much easier. Thanks for the opportunity!
Now a fan of Seagate on Facebook!
I used to have a back up hardrive but its was dropped by the kids and was broken
I have a couple USB drives..and that’s how I backup my files.
Thanks
I became a fan on Facebook.(ccboobooy)
I’m following Seagate on twitter.
Thanks
this is what i need to store my grandbabies photos on.
I don’t back up my data. Sometimes I save something to CD but that’s about the extent of it!
I back things up on my husband’s hard drive.
I burn DVDs
following Seagate on twitter
http://twitter.com/ktanjatk
I back y desktop up to a 160gb external, when I think of it. Would love this to back up my laptop.
Fan of Seagate on Facebook Lois Shores
I really don’t I guess, I do try and put some pictures on dvd’s but I am sad to say I have not always done this and have lost many precious pictures to a hard drive crash before!
I need to backup my pics
I backup my data on my hard drive.
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Became a fan of Seagate on Facebook. (QD)
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Follow Seagate on Twitter- Naddez.
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I use a usb device but need larger backup
I have an external hard drive that I copy my embroidery files, my music, and my Firefox and Thunderbird profiles to. I MEAN to do it once a month, but the truth is that I usually only get around to it when I know my mother is coming. My computer tries to hide when she comes because she’s very careless. She waves the mouse around and clicks randomly, and I never know what’s going to be lost once she’s been on my computer.
I currently back-up critical (i.e. recently modified) files using an online site but there are privacy concerns and it’s slow. Periodically, I back up less critical files usings DVD’s and it’s REAL slow to burn DVD’s but I’m confident the data is safe.
Well, I’m sad to say that I don’t actually backup any of my data currently. I have some of it on flash drives from moving it back and forth to various places, and I probably have different version copies on my laptop and my PC, but no actual, real, intentional backup of anything really. Needless to say, I could really use this bad boy (or one of the runner up slightly less bad boys
to keep my stuff safe. Thanks for the super contest!
Just signed up to follow Seagate on Twitter.
Thanks again!
@kanderspina
I mostly try to back up my pictures on to our portable hard drive, but the Replica seems like it would be ideal for backing up everything!
I’m following Seagate on Twitter (SherryR2).
The only stuff I back up with data is our photos, which we put onto CD’s.
I am so embarrassed to admit this, but the way we back up our data is every once in a while we burn CD’s of our important documents, files, etc. It is so ancient, yes I know, and it is also so irresponsible, and truly my husband and I have no excuse when we lose data, which we did indeed lose in spades last July when our computer died and we had to have the hard drive rebuilt. Ever since then we have been wanting this very Seagate Replica to help us stay on top of backing up our files. It would be such an unexpected surprise if I could present my husband one of these, he would be so thrilled. It would truly break us out of our routine of burning CD’s on occasion and keep us protected in the future from losing important files, and precious image files, which is a lot of what we lost last summer when our computer died. Thanks so much for the chance to enter.
I’m following on Twitter @kjmaje
I don’t back up my data now, so this would be great
I am a fan of Seagate on facebook, my username there is Joanna Smith
I am following Seagate on twitter, my username there is joannaonthelake
I don’t back up my data, so this would be great to own!
Thank you!
i have a few of those keychain drives i keep some of my pics on the rest are on my laptop
seagate fan on facebook kathy l pease
following seagate on twitter klp1965
We laboriously copy file folders across our wireless router onto another (mostly idle) PC. Where “laboriously” is the key word… A good alternative would be very welcome.
For specific items, we tend to move copies via flash drive — a 4Gb flash drive holds as much as six or seven CDRoms, and only takes about half the huge amount of time it would take to burn all those files onto CD. Would be nice to not have to physically move anything around, and “peace of mind” would be nice, too!
I haphazardly backup to Apple Time Machine.
I don’t backup anything so this will really come in handy.
I hate to say it but I haven’t backed up my computer in over a year. I backed it up on Cds the last time. I would have the great Seagate.
I have a little tiny thumb drive that I save some things on.
I follow on twitter (blueviolet)
I am a fan of facebook (http://www.facebook.com/doot65)
I do not back up my files.
I don’t back up my data.
I currently save all my important data on USB drives.
My home server usually takes care of backing up files, but it’s not feeling too well lately. Something like this could really help.
I add my documents to Google documents but don’t really have a backup system.
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Twitter follower http://twitter.com/DreeG
I currently use a regular old fashioned flash drive…
I follow on twitter @Deadmonkeys90 (tried to tweet but the premade message was too long.
FB fan Deadmonkeys90
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I do a poor job at backing up, but some times I will burn my important documents and pics to a disk
face book fan
rich hicks
follow seagate on twitter
ardy22
I haven’t been backing up my data and I have been really worried about that fact.
I backup via FTP to box.net
Twitter follower of Seagate
Facebook fan of Seagate