Posts Tagged ‘Backup’

5 Apps For Painless Windows Reformats

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Thanks to customers who can’t avoid spyware and trojans to save their lives, Download Squad has put together a list of five applications that will help you quickly backup your data, reformat and re-install Windows.

Link: Download Squad

Back Up Your Bookmarks Online

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Even if you’re happily sharing away on delicious, there may still be some bookmarks you don’t want to share — site admin links, banking sites, and, uh, “other” sites. Ahem… If you’ve been looking for a way to backup your bookmarks online, but keep them private at the same time, grab yourself some coffee as we explore your options.

Link: Webmonkey

Backup Your Entire Linux Installation

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

You know how when someone accidentally deletes their files or their hard drive crashes or some other apocalyptic event occurs, the first thing people ask is “where is your backup”? Of course, we’ve all seen it (*ahem* been there :/ ). It’s a bit unintuitive, because backups have no equivalent in the real world. If you drive your car into a lake, there’s no way to get it back. But making backups is the single best way to prevent losing your stuff. So do it!

Link: Numerodix Blog

30+ Tools For Synching Files & Folders

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

You’ll find the list of file synchronization tools broken down into three main categories: open source, freeware, and commercial. Note that even though these file and folder synchronization tools store your data in more than one place, they would not be considered data backup solutions. File synchronization means that when you add, change, or delete a file from one location, the program will perform the same operation at the other location. Hence each copy of the data is the latest copy.

Link: Mashable