System Image vs File Backups
Understanding how disk imaging differs from file-level backups is essential whether you are building a lightweight daily cloud-based backup strategy or preparing for full bare-metal hardware recovery.
Help and Advice
Help and advice relating to choosing PC backup software
Do Lifetime Plans Provide Good Value?
An increasing number of software and cloud providers have begun offering lifetime subscriptions in recent years. These lifetime plans are essentially a single, one-off payment for a service which would otherwise be billed on a monthly or yearly basis.
What is the 3-2-1 Backup Strategy?
The 3-2-1 backup strategy is an important technical concept which ensures that any backed-up data remains safe, available and accessible in the case it is required for recovery purposes in the future.
How to Securely Wipe a Hard Drive
Securely wiping hard disk drives is one of the safest and easiest ways of protecting any valuable data stored upon them, especially so when the disk drive itself is to be disposed of, recycled or sold on.
Cloud Storage vs Cloud Backup
Cloud storage and cloud backup are two key services which are becoming ever more common in an increasingly cloud focused world, but what is the real difference between these two similar technologies?
The Most Secure Way to Store Files
As this guide hopefully shows, the application of strong zero-knowledge encryption is without any doubt one of the most effective methods for securing digital files, regardless of where they might be physically stored.
How to Backup a Laptop with a Broken Screen
Not only does a broken screen make a laptop practically unusable in many circumstances, but it can also mean that valuable data residing on the device will suddenly become much more difficult to access
How to Speed up Computer Backups
In this guide I will be looking at several easy to apply methods which can help in speeding up the time it takes for your computer backups to complete
How Often Should you Backup Your Computer?
If you are new to the world of computer backup, then you might be wondering how regularly you should backup the important data which resides on any PCs or other electronic devices you might own?
How Backup Software can Help Protect Against Ransomware
In this guide I will be shining a light on some of the threats associated with ransomware and showing how a solid backup strategy (plus good antivirus software) can help provide an almost unstoppable defence
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Does Windows 10 have Backup Software?
The backup software included within Windows 10 comes in two parts, firstly there is the newer “File History” tool which is a part of Windows 10 and alongside this is the Windows 7 “Backup and Restore”.
How to Backup an External Hard Drive
Despite external hard drives being so quick and easy to set-up and make use of, something many people might forget to do is make sure their external hard drive is backed up correctly.