On-site data backup is better than no backup at all, but if your on-site backups go up in flames or otherwise end up inoperable, then you're out of luck—unless of course you've got a backup online, ...

Google's tool will help you backup everything on your computer. Credit: Getty Images Google's Backup and Sync Drive tool launched earlier this week, and it promises to make full-system cloud storage ...

Following a two-week delay, Google Inc.’s new Backup and Sync tool, which launched last month, is now available to download for Mac and Windows users. The new tool allows users to back up all their ...

Oddly enough, one of the best ways to back up your data to an external hard drive comes from a cloud storage company. I’m referring to iDrive, which offers a free local backup utility inside of its ...

If there’s online backup that could be called “full-service” it’s venerable IDrive. Not only does IDrive provide traditional backup, real-time backup, file sharing, and syncing files across multiple ...

That Google app we heard about last month for backing up all the files on your desktop is finally out now for both Mac and PC. Backup and Sync will automatically upload all the files and folders you ...

Of all available backup options, the most reassuring one is the image backup, which creates a snapshot of your system configuration, complete with apps and settings and data files, ready to be ...

Online backup is great for keeping a copy of your data in a remote location, but it's expensive and you're limited by the speed of your internet connection. This week we're looking at offline backup ...

Online backups Online backups utilize either the included extensions to Microsoft's NTBackup system, or specialized tools that work with other manufacturers' backup tools. These tools allow the backup ...

Microsoft launches Windows Backup for Organizations in the runup to Windows 10 end of life It’ll back up from Windows 10 (and 11), but it’ll only restore to Windows 11 The tool saves Windows settings, ...

It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes the monthly Tech Tip ...