The idea for Student Backup was conceived by our founders when one of their oldest children went off to their freshman year in college.  After purchasing a laptop computer for her son, she wondered how he would backup valuable computer files. When asked, her son told her that he had not given backing up his computer files a single thought. Concerned, she purchased a flash drive storage device and insisted that he backup his computer files regularly.  Fat chance!

During a mid-semester break visit she found that her son backed up his files only once since the start of the school year.   Discouraged, she asked other students how often they backup up their files and EVERY ONE OF THEM said they never backup.  It was apparent to her that although students spent a tremendous amount of time creating computer documents, power point presentations, and term papers, even the most dedicated did not backup their files. With exams to cram for and parties to attend backing up critical work files was obviously not on their minds.  The founders, as mothers, could foresee  disaster around the corner.  No sooner did Maggie return from visiting her son, he called explaining that there was a power outage, and he had lost his semester’s work.  Maggie turned to her college friend of more than twenty years and started looking for a better way.
 
The partners tried to find a data backup service that would automatically backup their student’s files. After much research, they found that no such service existed. Worse, during their research they uncovered statistics that showed over 50% of all computers experience failure and data loss and 70% of students NEVER backup.

If the loss of critical work files was so devastating to a student, why didn’t they use their backup devices?  What students needed was the ability to backup their computer files automatically every day. With six children between them, the partners dedicated themselves to creating a file backup service geared specifically towards the needs of students.

After surveying hundreds of college students to access their needs and habits they developed an online file backup service that took all manual responsibility out of the students’ hands. The automated process only requires the student to keep his or her computer turned on and connected to the Internet each evening. The custom software scans the student’s hard drive and transmits a copy of all files to an offsite data facility via a secure Internet connection.

Soon after developing this unique product, StudentBackup.com was born.

You’ve probably spent more time reading about our company’s history than you have backing up your files your whole life. Don’t worry ever again about losing your term papers, class notes and projects. Sign up Now!