Here's the idea:
I back up two important items (about 6 megs each) different apps, to one of two Zip
cartridges just about every time I use each of the applications.
I also periodically image the whole drive, verify the image works, then put the copied
drive high on a shelf at my parent's house a few miles away.
However, as extra insurace, I was thinking of sending myself a zipped copy of
those two files to my Hotmail Plus account, which I just paid for.
Nice safe, easily retrievable storage that I paid for and no one else has access
to.
Can anyone tell me what may be wrong with that idea?
Thanks...
That's the electronic equivalent of the jackalope. Look at the TOS for HotMail, XDrive or whatever. You'll doubtless find clauses stating they have absolutely no liability for losing your data, or covering your damages if its gets stolen; they can terminate your account at any time for any reason; etc. etc. In short, all very good business reasons not to make those places a place to store business-critical data.
If you want online backups, then find a company that specifically provides that service, and pay them for that specific service and the attendant guarantees that your account won't suddenly vanish when some spammer uses your E-Mail address as the return address on some piece of SPAM.
Frankly, I think you'd do as well to invest in a writable CD or even DVD drive and do your backups that way. That and a fireproof safe and you're more or less covered against all the likely disasters, short of a tornado making a direct hit or a nuclear bomb going off.
If you're working from home, you HAVE made sure you homeowner's insurance covers your home office, or that your business catastrophe insurance covers your loss of business data and records stored in your home, right?