Backup How-tos

Imagine if you have been surfing the internet since long and had collected 200-300 list of favorites in the Internet Explorer (IE). One day suddenly your system crashes and you may think that whether you have to surf through all your favorite sites and add them to your favorites. Answer to this question is no. Here is a simple way to secure your favorite list after your system crashes and again restore it to its original location after your PC is formatted and new system is installed. 

At the time of formatting your PC, the most tedious job is to take the backup all your important data. It takes more time to make copies of your data on compact disc or transfer the data on other hard disc using a pen drive. Auto Backup is software introduced which takes the backup of your data automatically to a local disc or to the server (FTP) in network neighborhood. And to our surprise this is just done in few clicks of command buttons. 

Back2zip is quick and very effective backup solution to provide duplicate or backup of your critical data. Back2zip apply the most powerful ZIP-64 technologies to constantly check your critical data files for changes and keep them backed-up while you are working. This allows users to backup important data by simply adding files or folders to a backup list and choosing a desired location to store backup files. This application doesn’t install any other software or .dll files to your system. Back2zip is completely free with shareware or no spyware.  

LogMeIn provide several facilities to their user like applications for desktop remote control, data backup, files sharing, and remote system administration. With the help of LogMeIn, users can share their Desktop from anywhere. This is a small program that you have to install on at least two or more computers. Scheduler function of LogMeIn Backup allows you to send specific files and folders as a backup set from the Source to a Storage PC regularly. LogMeIn is the online backup Solutions that protect your critical data with automated backup services. 

Your data is the valuable asset on your hard disk. To preserve this valuable asset it is essential to create a backup of your data. If you want to back up data using Windows XP Home Edition then you have to install it manually using your Windows XP CD-ROM, since Windows XP Home Edition does not include backup utility, ntbackup.exe. In case of Windows XP Professional edition this is installed by default to your system.

Many times we are concerned on how to backup a copy of our messages and messenger’s contact list. It is always better to have a back of our messenger data. It’s very simple to have backup of our messenger’s data. You can back up messenger data manually by adopting the following steps.

Your website is the visual aspect of your organization. To prevent loss of data and content of your website due to a fatal disaster; you can backup your website on timely basis. Nowadays Web Systems allow you to create your entire web back up from the website itself. There is easy and automatic way to back up your website files using the open source application called Wget.

Creating backup of your outlook data and email account settings is as essential as creating backup of any data. This will help you in case of data loss or migrating from one system to other. In Outlook 2007 your e-mails are saved in a Personal Folder File with a .pst extension which does not include in your normal backup operation. Following these simple steps can help you to save and restore your e-mail, contacts, rules, task and more.

Symantec utilities are well-known security software. However one of them, Norton 360, is not only security software. It is also a backup utility with ability to store your backup data using secure online storage. You can easily backup your pictures, documents, contacts, music, videos, emails, internet favorites and other files or folders. You have 2 GB space for your online backup, not too much. However you can backup to another disc or burn your data backup onto a CD/DVD too. 

It’s important to learn on how to backup/restore data using your iPod. Most of us are unaware that our iPods are nothing more than an external hard drives and they can be used to store data of any kind. When Hard drive is on the verge of crashing at that time we have to reformat our disk. In this case you may lose your important Data unless you backup it. If you have your iPod handy, you can use it to backup your data and restore it again.