Backing up your PC occasionally is a very good idea: there’s no better way to protect your valuable files from hardware failure, virus attack and other data disasters. But it’s important to do it properly. Running a simple file-based backup, for instance, will be quick, but only because you’ll probably…
With Windows installed you have the ability to burn basic discs so you can backup files or transfer documents between computers. But if you want to do anything more advanced, such as performing a more involved backup, or creating a video disc, the built in tools are just not going…
Email is now one of the world’s primary means of correspondence and this means that most of us have hundreds if not thousands of emails in our inboxes. It is likely that, particularly in the case of personal correspondence, you would like to keep most if not all of these…
Backing up data is a necessary evil as a computer owner, and anything that makes the process a little easier is to be welcomed. The free version of Fab’s AutoBackup 3 has been designed with precisely this aim in mind, making as easy as possible to backup files and settings…
IsoBuster is an unusually powerful data recovery tool that can rescue files from just about any optical disc. The program works with all CD, DVD, Blu-ray and even HD DVD formats. In a couple of clicks it can be scanning your disc for lost data. And a deep understanding of…
Duplicati is a powerful free backup tool which can save your target files to Amazon S3, Windows Live SkyDrive, Google Docs, Rackspace Cloud Files, WebDAV and FTP servers, as well as local and network drives. The program comes packed with backup options. You’re able to specify common backup sources with…
BootIt Bare Metal is a comprehensive hard drive manager which can create and resize partitions, control the boot process (including by editing the Windows BCD file), and create and restore compressed backups of your partitions. The program should run just about anywhere, as it’s compatible with all versions of Windows…
Modern technology enables a team to operate in different locations across your company and the world. If you’re a software developer, there’s no reason why you couldn’t pick the best programmers based in Germany, document writers from the UK, whilst your graphic artists could be based in the States. The…
PowerFolder is an unusually versatile file transfer tool that can synchronise, back up and share your data, both locally and across the web. You’re able to choose which folders you’d like to synchronise in just a few clicks, either selecting from a standard list (“Outlook”, “Desktop”, “Firefox”, “Pictures” and so…
Active@ Disk Image is a straightforward backup tool which will quickly create an image of your specified hard drive. The program is extremely easy to use. Open it and you’ll immediately see a set of shortcuts, with sensibly chosen names, highlighting all the main functions. So “Disk to Image” is…