While effective and reliable for both local and cloud backup, the cost of online storage beyond 5GB is prohibitively expensive for most end-users. Better suited for business. NovaBackup efficiently ...

I'm guilty of ignoring the Windows prompts reminding me to create a backup of my PC. I use Dropbox to create backups of many of my files, but that doesn't protect everything on my computer. Neither ...

If we show you how to back up your PC for free, will you finally do it? Beyond simple hard drive failure, your PC could fall prey to user error, thieves, and all sorts of nefarious malware. The only ...

Your computer holds important files and apps that you can't afford to lose. Here's how often you should back up your PC so you can recover if disaster strikes.

When it comes to backing up and restoring your PC, Windows 8 took a few steps forward and a few steps back. Your settings and apps in the new tablet-y interface (yeah, we’re still calling it Metro) ...

The worst-case scenario has befallen even the most careful computer user: a coffee mug spills on your laptop or an update wipes all your files and photos. Despite your best effort, accidents happen.

Windows 8 includes a terrific new features called File History, which lets you reclaim lost versions of your modified or deleted files. I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, ...

Who’s got your back(up)? Of all the tasks that occupy a computer's processing time, none has greater potential to leap from mundane service to critical function than the backup process. In the past, ...

Areca is not a disk-ghosting application, such as Norton Ghost or Symantec Ghost. It won’t be able to create an image of your disk partitions. It is an easy to use file backup software that has the ...

The following content is brought to you by Mashable partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation. TL;DR: Through July 28, back up, restore, ...

If you notice that the date of the latest File History backup on your Windows 11/10 hasn’t changed after the last automatic backup operation, even though you have the default set to run daily and keep ...