How long do you keep old bills?

Quicksilver · #1 07-15-2009, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by rangerfan

Might I suggest you look into a scanner and a software called DymoFile. www.dymofile.com

This setup (with a $350 Kodak scanner) has pretty much eliminated the need for a file cabinet in my home office. It's a bear if you have years of stuff to scan, but going forward, it's nice and simple!

Until your computer hard drive goes down. Before you say
restore from your backup, how many people actually backup anything.

Kewl X5 · #2 07-15-2009, 06:40 PM

Yes backup everything...using Time Machine & Time Capsule...Also use backup program on my smartphone and also encrypt the backups and thinking of starting to use encrypt backups for FTP/online sites.

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Originally Posted by Quicksilver

Until your computer hard drive goes down. Before you say
restore from your backup, how many people actually backup anything.

motordavid · #3 07-15-2009, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Quicksilver

...Before you say
restore from your backup, how many people actually backup anything.

I back up every day, and esp. after putting photos into the drive...

When, not if, my 'puters crash again, I will have my "stuff".

Damn, some of you are really A-O on the bills, receipts, and stuff;
I guess being an unemployed bum, with no income and just some
monthly bills lulls me into complacency. Even with all my free time,
I'm not sure I would save/record/review all that stuff to that intensity;
but, other than getting our ID copped a couple years ago, I have
never really had a need to pull out a cancelled check from 3 yrs ago
or, wonder what my $80 a month elec bill was doing in '02...