What is cloning? One popular method of backing up is cloning. In cloning you make a copy of the entire hard drive or partition. This method is great for quick restore of your system but it is not very useful for the everyday task of backing up your files. Acronis Acronis True Image is a…
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Automatic Cloud Backup Solutions
Carbonite and CrashPlan are in a class of online backup solutions that are unlike Google Drive or Dropbox. With these services you pay one low price for unlimited backup of one computer. The unlike Google Drive the backed up files are not supposed to be easily accessible online. Carbonite And CrashPlan are not for file-sharing either. They are…
Free Online Storage
Today there are lots of online storage sites. Many of them free for some small amount of space which can very from 2 to 30 gigabytes. If you are saving only MS Word documents and a few pictures, these amounts of space could be adequate. Which service and how much space?: Dropbox gives you 2 gigabytes…
Two Ways to Backup with CrashPlan
CrashPlan is an online backup online data backup service with a difference. You can use the CrashPlan software for free to send an encrypted backup to a friend’s computer and you never have to buy the CrashPlan service ever. Most people go ahead and purchase the service rather than go through the has of setting…
3-2-1 Backup Strategy
The purpose of a backup is to make sure that your digital data can survive any of the hazards that await. Fire, flood, burglaries, hard-drive failure and disasters of all kinds are no problem if you follow some basic rules. With the 3-2-1 Backup Strategy you always have at least 3 copies of your data: One…
FreeFileSync – Across Platform File Syncing Tool
FreeFileSync is a free Open Source software that helps you synchronize files and synchronize folders for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is designed to save your time setting up and running backup jobs while having nice visual feedback along the way. I use to use SyncToy for Windows but it is not cross…
What is a NAS?
Network-attached storage (NAS) is file-level computer data storage server connected to a computer network providing data access to a client computer or group of clients. NAS not only operates as a file server, but is specialized for this task either by its hardware, software, or configuration of those elements. NAS is often manufactured as a computer…
BackWPup
BackWPup is a free backup plugin for WordPress. It is very intuitive to use and is very powerful. This free plugin in combination with your free DropBox account completely backs up your site for restore in an emergency.
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