Data Backup or Transfer
Most people have one copy of twenty years of photos and don't know it. I move your files where they need to go and set up a backup that runs on its own, because a backup you have to remember to do is not a backup.
No deposit. Pay when it's done. Or call John on (619) 928-6500.
What's included
- Everything worth keeping found first — including the folders people forget, like desktop, downloads and mail archives
- Files transferred and verified by opening a sample at the far end, not just by file count
- Photo libraries moved intact rather than as a loose pile of images
- Automatic backup set up to an external drive, cloud, or both
- First backup run to completion while I'm still there
- How to restore a single file shown to you, since that's what you'll actually need one day
What I'll need from you
- Both machines, or the machine and the external drive
- The external drive or cloud account, or ask and I'll tell you what size to buy
- Any account passwords the backup destination needs
- How long it takes
- Two hours, though large transfers can run longer in the background.
John
Working out where the stud is. It's never where you'd like it.
My old computer won't turn on.
The drive is often still fine and can be pulled and read. Say so when you text — it's a different job and I'll tell you the odds before coming out.
Cloud or an external drive?
Both, ideally — one covers a dead drive, the other covers a fire or a burglary. If you only want one, I'll ask what you'd miss most and answer from that.
Network & Computers
Often booked at the same visit
Adding a second job to the same trip is the cheapest way to buy my time — the drive only gets paid for once.
Computer Tune-Up
Slow machine, found cause, measurable difference. Not a cleanup app.
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New machine out of the box, files moved over, and ready to actually use.
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Everything off the old one and onto the new one. Nothing left behind.
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Data backup and file transfer in San Diego
Most households in San Diego have exactly one copy of twenty years of photographs and do not know it. That is fine until the drive fails, and it is a particular risk in a county that plans annually for wildfire evacuation — a backup sitting on a shelf next to the computer covers a dead hard drive and nothing else. A copy that lives somewhere other than your house is the one that matters when there is an evacuation order at two in the morning.
So this job is transfer plus a backup that runs without you remembering to do it. I find the folders people forget — desktop, downloads, mail archives, the photo library that is not where they think it is — verify at the far end by actually opening files rather than counting them, and set up something automatic. Then I show you how to restore a single file, because that is the thing you will really need one day, not a full recovery.
Send a photo of the spot. I'll confirm $79.
If the photo shows something that changes the price, you'll know before I drive out — not after.
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