Free Online Backup – what is it and why do you need it
What is Online PC Backup and Why Would I Need It? Backing up your files is probably the most important thing to do regularly, regardless of whether you are running a small office or just keeping track of your personal stuff. Having lost all my data in my Windows XP computer back in 2005, I know the pain of losing all my documents and photos. In this article, I will be showing you the best free backup software I use and recommend. While many companies just choose to use RAID hard drives for backup, which basically means that they don’t have to worry about backup software at all because their data is automatically copied 1, 2, 3 or even more times into their hard drives. However, for consumers with a smaller budget, that probably isn’t the way to go unless you have a hoard of illegally downloaded videos in your computer and you are running out of space. Then again, you most probably won’t need to worry about losing your videos. (Note: Due to the nature of online backup, I will not be talking about video backup. It just isn’t possible to quickly upload/access videos that you upload online due to the space it takes up. For video, you might be better off uploading to YouTube.) Moving on, let’s first talk about the mammoth company Windows’ online backup software, SkyDrive. This is probably the best free online backup service in terms of the amount of data you can save, a [...]
How to Backup Computer – how to backup data
Computer Backups – Are You Taking Your Safety Seriously? Backing up your computer is very important due to all the threat’s computer’s face today. Did you know that your hard drive can take a “fail” on you at anytime. Despite how new the hard drive is, it still can happen. Some threats the your hard drive faces are hardware failure, malware, spyware and viruses. Now that you know the bad news here is the good. You may be thinking “I can just back my computer up to get greatly increase my chances of saving my hard work.” You are correct. It is that simple. Backing up your computer for some people can actually save their job. Take me for an example: I am an architect and I work for my brother on a computer repair business. My architect boss has been asking me all week for a blueprint and I finally finished it. Right before I was about to email it, guess what. My laptop got hit with the hardware failure aka blue screen of death. Luckily, I have a habit of manually backing up my files when I finish with them. So I was already a third of the way done. You cannot believe how many people ask me “How do I get my files back because my hard drive just crashed”. I tell them all “You cannot get files off of a dead hard drive”. What you don’t back up you have a risk of losing and that’s [...]
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Internet Backup – have you considered an internet backup solution
Internet Backup There are several options for backing up data but one of the more popular methods in recent months is a system known as Internet Backup Vaulting. What this type of backup does is send your files over the internet using a secure encryption code and safely storing your company’s data files offsite where you can access it at any time. Much safer than backing up to a disk or zip drive and done automatically internet vaulting secures your data in a remote location and with the information secure you won’t have to worry about losing valuable information should your server crash or if malicious code is placed on your system. Backing up data used to be a very tedious and time consuming process that many businesses deemed too much of a hassle to bother with. This was especially true of people who used computers for their business but didn’t have much knowledge about the systems they operated on. Unfriendly and confusing IT companies didn’t help matters and in many cases turned people off completely after feeling they were being talked down to and made to feel stupid. Internet vaulting is an online backup server that that lets you backup all your computer files over the internet. From client information, purchasing records, credit card transactions and legal documents you can easily, automatically and securely store all of your important computer files in a remote location that is safe from server crashes, hackers, Spyware, Malware and other intrusive computer programs [...]
