It is quite common I receive emails asking “My harddisk crashes, how do I get back years of Hattrick data?” or “I changed computer but forgot to backup my emails, may you send the registration key again?”. Regarding the key, that’s easy, regarding the lost Hattrick data – it is gone.

With a backup of the most important files on your harddisk (like your emails, documents, digital photos, etc) this would not be a problem. If disaster happens, you could easily recover lost files from a backup.

Recently I was looking at a good backup solution myself. Previously I backuped up things like the source code of Hattrick Manager to an old spare computer. However, that won’t do any good if there is a fire for example. The only safe solution is to save the backup somewhere else.

I found a solution that I’m really pleased with. So pleased that I thought I should recommend it to all HM users.

It is called Mozy and it is free 2 GB remote backup storage. You install a small application that runs in the background and when your computer is idle it performs a backup of your specified files by compressing, encrypting and uploading them to a safe location.

I’ve been running it for some time now and I’m really happy with it. To use it yourself, simply click this link, create an account and you could do a backup right now.

Note: These links include my referrral code (EAQV45). What it means is that if you sign up I get some additional extra space for free. Once you have your own account you could recommend your friends and get some additional free space yourself.