topic Re: Click-Free in Electronics

Click-Free

joco728 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:25:44 GMT

Does anyone know a tech support phone number for the Click-Free backup device? Thanks!

Re: Click-Free

jackthebear — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:29:32 GMT

@joco728 wrote:
Does anyone know a backup device? Thanks!

have you tried their web-site,

would start there

or just google tech support phone number for the Click-Free

Re: Click-Free

Brooklynny — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:54:47 GMT

@joco728, @jackthebear, unfortunately, Clickfree has gone out of business. I found this out when I tried to buy a Clickfree device to back up my Windows 10. If you go to clickfree.com, you'll get redirected to its old forum entries. I had tried to find a customer service or tech support number a long time ago, but there were no numbers to be found.

Re: Click-Free

jackthebear — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:16:11 GMT

@Brooklynny wrote:
@joco728, @jackthebear, unfortunately, Clickfree has gone out of business. I found this out when I tried to buy a Clickfree device to back up my Windows 10. If you go to clickfree.com, you'll get redirected to its old forum entries. I had tried to find a customer service or tech support number a long time ago, but there were no numbers to be found.

not surprising I had one

but didn't work as my windows upgraded,

too bad because it was very easy to use

Re: Click-Free

joco728 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:36:03 GMT

I did try that...no phone number.

Re: Click-Free

joco728 — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 16:40:08 GMT

Wow...that sucks. I keep getting these messages when I do a scan on my computer and when I googled it this morning it referred to the Click-Free device. It says "its not a virus...its a risk tool. I wonder if I should remove it from my laptop. Its also strange that all of a sudden my "reminders" to back up never pop up anymore. I guess I should go back to the old fashion way of backing up to a large external device.

Re: Click-Free

Brooklynny — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 17:05:54 GMT

@jackthebear@joco728, I agree with you. It couldn't have been easier to use. I've been shopping around online to find the easiest device, but not being a technophile, it's a challenge to determine which one is the best for me. I also think it's a bit odd that if you to search for what happened to clickfree, you don't get anything. It's just disappeared. Its parent company is Canadian, if I'm not mistaken, so I'm puzzled as to why there's no further information.

Re: Click-Free

jackthebear — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:11:40 GMT

@Brooklynny wrote:
@jackthebear@joco728, I agree with you. It couldn't have been easier to use. I've been shopping around online to find the easiest device, but not being a technophile, it's a challenge to determine which one is the best for me. I also think it's a bit odd that if you to search for what happened to clickfree, you don't get anything. It's just disappeared. Its parent company is Canadian, if I'm not mistaken, so I'm puzzled as to why there's no further information.

sometimes companies just get swallowed by other companies,

I use an external now, and the SW that came with it, but the CF interface was very user friendly.

Oh well

Re: Click-Free

dimin — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:36:58 GMT

I got windows 10 on a new computer and it doesn't work. I figured it wasn't compatable. Luckily I had another back up. it makes me mad i can't use it anymore.

Re: Click-Free

Nuttmeg — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 08:43:58 GMT

@Brooklynny wrote:
@joco728, I agree with you. It couldn't have been easier to use. I've been shopping around online to find the easiest device, but not being a technophile, it's a challenge to determine which one is the best for me. I also think it's a bit odd that if you to search for what happened to clickfree, you don't get anything. It's just disappeared. Its parent company is Canadian, if I'm not mistaken, so I'm puzzled as to why there's no further information.

I use Carbonite, a cloud based backup service. This is a link to a review for 25 services. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/maintenance/tp/online_backup_services.02.htm

If you need a small amount of storage for files, there is a Google Drive, and it can be free. https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en#topic=14940

You get unlimited storage for photos.

You can use a portable HD(hard drive) from Western Digital or Toshiba. You can find the drives on Amazon with a three year limited warranty. You will not miss these items with thousands of review. I usually buy a simple Amazon Basics case to protect the drive.

Re: Click-Free

Brooklynny — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:09:50 GMT

@Nuttmeg, thanks for the info. I prefer an external device, so I'll check out Western and Toshiba.

Re: Click-Free

Venezia — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:15:05 GMT

@Brooklynny wrote:
@Nuttmeg, thanks for the info. I prefer an external device, so I'll check out Western and Toshiba.

@Brooklynny - Good idea and remember, when you're done backing up your computer, to unplug the external drive. That way, if anyone did hack into your computer and encrypt your files to hold your information "hostage", they can't also get to your info on the hard drive. And you can restore your computer from that without paying a ransom!

If the hard drive is left attached, they can encrypt that as well.

Re: Click-Free

Brooklynny — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:23:48 GMT

Thanks, Venezia. Actually, I never leave anything connected or leave any device "on" when I'm not using it. When I'm done working on my laptop, I always shut down. IPad is shut off overnight, as well as my modem and cell phone. I'd rather be overly cautious. There are too many horror stories out there about hacking, ransomware, spyware, etc.

Re: Click-Free

Nuttmeg — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:27:08 GMT

@Venezia wrote:
@Brooklynny wrote:
@Nuttmeg, thanks for the info. I prefer an external device, so I'll check out Western and Toshiba.
@Brooklynny - Good idea and remember, when you're done backing up your computer, to unplug the external drive. That way, if anyone did hack into your computer and encrypt your files to hold your information "hostage", they can't also get to your info on the hard drive. And you can restore your computer from that without paying a ransom!

If the hard drive is left attached, they can encrypt that as well.

Very Smart Move.

Re: Click-Free

jackthebear — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 00:38:34 GMT

@Nuttmeg wrote:
@Brooklynny wrote:
@joco728, I agree with you. It couldn't have been easier to use. I've been shopping around online to find the easiest device, but not being a technophile, it's a challenge to determine which one is the best for me. I also think it's a bit odd that if you to search for what happened to clickfree, you don't get anything. It's just disappeared. Its parent company is Canadian, if I'm not mistaken, so I'm puzzled as to why there's no further information.
I use Carbonite, a cloud based backup service. This is a link to a review for 25 services. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/maintenance/tp/online_backup_services.02.htm

If you need a small amount of storage for files, there is a Google Drive, and it can be free. https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en#topic=14940
You get unlimited storage for photos.

You can use a portable HD(hard drive) from Western Digital or Toshiba. You can find the drives on Amazon with a three year limited warranty. You will not miss these items with thousands of review. I usually buy a simple Amazon Basics case to protect the drive.

How do you like Carbonite?

it sounds great, but I like to keep my own back ups.

Re: Click-Free

Nuttmeg — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 01:57:09 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
@Nuttmeg wrote:
@Brooklynny wrote:
@joco728, I agree with you. It couldn't have been easier to use. I've been shopping around online to find the easiest device, but not being a technophile, it's a challenge to determine which one is the best for me. I also think it's a bit odd that if you to search for what happened to clickfree, you don't get anything. It's just disappeared. Its parent company is Canadian, if I'm not mistaken, so I'm puzzled as to why there's no further information.
I use Carbonite, a cloud based backup service. This is a link to a review for 25 services. http://pcsupport.about.com/od/maintenance/tp/online_backup_services.02.htm

If you need a small amount of storage for files, there is a Google Drive, and it can be free. https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en#topic=14940
You get unlimited storage for photos.

You can use a portable HD(hard drive) from Western Digital or Toshiba. You can find the drives on Amazon with a three year limited warranty. You will not miss these items with thousands of review. I usually buy a simple Amazon Basics case to protect the drive.

How do you like Carbonite?
it sounds great, but I like to keep my own back ups.

I like it. I have used it for five years. It works and you can say set it and forget it. You can use a regular HD, as a second method of storage, so you have two copies. I have used Carbonite's software with Windows XP, 7, and 8.1.

If you do not have a large amount of data use Google storage as your second source.

Re: Click-Free

grams2 — Sun, 02 Oct 2016 01:17:34 GMT

I am not very tech savy so I called my son about the problem with my Clickfree since they installed Windows 10 on my computer in June. I tried to use the Clickfree today for the first time and it wouldn't work. So my son came over and had it working in less than 5 min. or less. He pushed the Windows key and the E key at the same time, then pluged the CF into the USB port and when the page opened on the left hand side you can see Clickfree so just click on it and it starts working. I thought maybe I would have to install a driver but he said the driver is still there. I went from Win 7 to 10 if that helps. Hope this helps everyone who is having trouble.