Archive for 'Backup and Recovery' Category
Microsoft My Phone
A while back Microsoft released My Phone to relatively little attention. I installed it as soon as I saw it and then I too payed little attention to it. Oh, I made sure it worked correctly – it did, but beyond that I really never thought about it. Then I needed it. Somehow (and I [...]
Windows Mobile Device Center
Today we’re take an overview look at Windows Mobile Device Center. This is the program you need today to work with a Windows Mobile phone. 1. The main screen has a simple interface. On the left it tells you your phone is connected and when the last sync took place. On the right you have [...]
Website Review – Backupify
Backupify is a new web site/service available HERE. It’s free if you sign up before January 31, 2010. This is a slightly different backup than what you’re used to. Backupify backs up your online files. Right now they handle: Flickr, Twitter, Delicious, Zoho, Google Docs, Photobucket, WordPress, Basecamp, Gmail, Facebook, Friendfeed, Blogger and Hotmail. With [...]
Trusting Microsoft SkyDrive?
Recently we posted an article (HERE) on how to set up a Windows SkyDrive account. Since they offer 25gb of storage for free I thought it was a great place to use for off-site storage of my photos. Thankfully, it was not my only copy of anything. It began as I was uploading a new [...]
Software Review – SyncBack
You NEED to back up your computers. If you don’t then you WILL loose files. That’s the plain and simple truth. Really, you need both local and off-site backup. Today we are looking at a program that makes local backup easy and also allows for easy local synchronization of files. Now let’s take a quick [...]
Make an Image for Easy Backup
Wouldn’t it be nice if, when you replaced a hard drive, you could blast your whole system – operating system, apps, settings, etc. – onto that new drive and be back up and running as if nothing happened in an hour or so? This could even include your documents, music and pictures if they haven’t [...]
Backup and Sync Bookmarks With Xmarks
Are you a Bookmark person like me? If so you’ll want to have your bookmarks backed up in case of a PC crash, or even better, have your same bookmarks available across multiple PC’s. Bookmark a site on your desktop and it will be available on your laptop instantly! Even have different bookmark profiles for [...]
Windows Skydrive Storage
How would you like 25GB of free storage? That’s what Microsoft offers with their Skydrive service. Back up your most important files to the cloud – a safe, remote location. Plus, you can then access those files from any PC on any network. So, let’s get started. First, if you don’t already have a Microsoft [...]
Windows 7 Recovery Disc
One of these days you will turn on your trusty PC and be faced with an error, of some sort, that prevents Windows from starting up. It’s not a question of if, but when. The first step of preparing for this inevitable moment is to backup your precious files – your pictures, videos, documents, music, [...]
