Its been 13days since i have been able to back up with mozy,

I have uninstalled,reinstalled

i have right clicked and installed with admin rights enabled

i have restored my  computer back to a previous image of vista that had been working for mozy, but sadly to no avail it still is not backing up,i am currently going back and forth with one of there techs via email.

I hope this gets fixed, the error reads to me like it is there side of the backup solution verses mine,but i will keep trying,as the tech is leading me to believe its on my side of the equation and not there server as the ERROR SAYS mozy__SERVERERROR__6 Little confused by this having to be me but if we indeed find out its my side i will keep this updated.

Funny thing is i truly like mozy when the software is working , they have a faster backup speed (when connected) then my carbonite solution does,but here is the kicker,to this day Carbonite has not i repeat for me has not stopped working and so for my 200 gb backup needs carbonite is ahead by 50+gbs of backed up data compared to mozy.

MOZY faster speed but has gone down 2-3 for more than 2-3 weeks at a times since i started my little experiment only 150 backed up.

Carbonite  steady slow speed  has completed my 200gb . and now only has to what ever changes i make day to day

I feel the need for speed ,but slow and steady seems to be the winner so far.

Crossing my finger

Well today I made the plunge and upgraded to Vista ,,,, Well as a result i have some things about mozy that have me a little upset. MOZY why do i have to send an email when i upgrade my computer and want to switch to the new machine,what i mean is that according to mozys site if you switch to a new computer you have to delete your old backups,why i tell you why cant i tell the software that i am now on a new computer.FROM THE https://mozy.com/docs/MozyHome_Restore_FAQ.pdf

“When you install the MozyHome client on the new computer, you need to email support to have them migrate the data from your old computer to your new computer. Once support has done this, you can then use the Restore tab in the Configuration application to restore your files. However, before support can transfer your backed up files to another computer,you must complete at least a partical backup for the new computer to register in Mozy’s systems.”

HUH now wait just a Frakin MINUTE you need to email support to migrate the data from your old computer to the new,……..BUT BEFORE YOU CAN DO THIS YOU HAVE TO DO A PARTIAL BACK UP ON THE NEW ONE TO REGISTER IN THE SYSTEM….the only way to do that is to buy another subsribtion…….. HOW IS THIS A transfer. when i go to the website to add the new computer so that the software will let me do a partial back up so i can have support migrrate it wants to charge me Total Charge Today: $80.45

CARBONITE JUST JUMPED WAY Up IN MY BOOK.

Why well here is why when i installed my new system i went to the website clicked install carbonite here and then it asks you if your transfering the account to the new one, and guess what it does.. and as long as your files and drives are the same it picks up the back up right there.,no having to email support to tell them that this is what i wanna do, no waiting no wondering . it just works.For all the other set backs i may not like about carbonite. THIS ease of puting it on the new maching or restored machine makes me not mind them so much when my 220 gbs of data backed up is still there. and i need only back up the new changes and its good.EASY is a good thing.,IT EVEN REMEMBER which folders and drives i was backing up so i didnt have to go thru and click yes here and there over and over again.,i havent gotten a reply from mozy yet to know if it will remeber the folders i was backing up , but i am half tempted to cancel my mozy account.if it was prepaid already i would have done it tonight.

Today i discoverd that i had an entire directory of Quicktime Movies from an old Camera I had, that only did them in that format. The Challange with so many .mov files was trying to decipher what was what in a timely fashion. By default windows xp does not display Quicktime thumbnails but i have an answer and it is working for me. A project called quickthumb to the rescue http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~mbarrien/projects/. It’s a “.dll” file that you can install to show quicktime thumbnails. I’ve tried it and it works great fine. In case you’re not sure how to install it (ignore this if you are!) – download the dll (binary) file and copy it into the c:\windows\system32 folder. Then open up the “command prompt” from start>all programs>accessories. At the blinking prompt type c:\windows\system32\regsvr32 quickthumb.dll
You should then get a confirmation message. Now browse the folder you want in thumbnail mode and you should see the quicktime thumbnail
Tada . Thanks to Paul Argyle