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1. j Rating Adedi Dropbox Go to Site Review Bottom line Well priced solution for file sharing and collaborative work not true sutomsted backup solution Other devices you should know about ClickFree Transformer at http Awww clickfree com Seagate Replica at http Awww seagate com replica e Back in a Flash at http www backinaflash com Rebit external drive at http rebit com Network Attached Storage NAS at http bit ly nasbox2 e CMS Backup System at http Awww cmsproducts com e Caution do a thorough review online before purchasing Are backup programs difficult to learn It takes a little effort and a possible Tech Support call e Of course you have to suffer a little bit but only once The suffering is much worse when you loose precious data or photos or have to reinstall Windows Email choice makes a difference If you use Internet mail such as Outlook Outlook Express or Windows Live Mail you will have to backup Address Book and email messages gt If you use Web mail you don t need to backup your email ever Gmail or Yahoo are examples Various media types Assume you have 4 Giga Bytes memory cards to backup Media type Number Cost Card of cards 1 00 need 5 CDs DVD Dual Layer Bu ayDisc Je All disc costs based on Amazon prices Blu ray writer costs 69 to 89 dollars External hard drive costs 69 to 89 dollars You pay for convenience and spee2. BACKING UP YOUR PC Ed Schwartz January 2012 OO Why should you back up Do you have any data that can t be easily recreated If you PC crashes do you want to be back online in minutes instead of hours It s only a matter of time before you have a hardware failure or malware attack On Backup musts It must be easy Let s face it if it s not easy or automated you won t do it It must be performed regularly If you create data or email regularly you better put it in a safe place It must be secure It should be backed up and stored away from the PC It must be backed up in more than one place Online companies go out of business External hard drives CDs and DVDs do fail Some Definitions Data backup This backs up the stuff you create i e documents pictures videos and music Also Favorites email and on and on Entire hard drive or image backup This backs up Windows and your installed programs everything Hard drive image An image is a complete bit for bit copy of your hard drive Types of backup Local backup to external hard drive or DVD e Online use an Internet service e Network use a NAS box Networked Attached Storage Or What should you use gt Tools built into Windows 7 They re good but there are better tools e 3 party tools Tools for backing up data Tools for backing up entire hard drive OO Backup strategy Backup your data of
3. CD Paragon Rescue Kit Free at http www paragon software com home rk express download html e LiveCD from www livecd com for 79 95 e Requires use of external hard drive to save data OO Consequences of not backing up Precious data could be lost forever You may have to reinstall Windows see link here You may have to restore PC to original condition and perform the following several hours Restore data Install and update Anti Virus Update Windows Install all of your applications Install any utilities such as Adobe Reader etc Redo any Windows settings Setup your email Oo Warning HAAG s what Microsoft states When you restore your computer from a Windows Complete PC Backup image it is a complete restoration You can t choose individual items to restore and all of your current programs system settings and files are replaced No fun This is also true if you use manufacturer s Recovery Media But if your image is recent since you created it yourself no problem OO Obtaining the free Paragon Backup part 1 lt Download Paragon Backup amp Recovery Free from http www paragon software com home br free The download file is named Br_free ms After downloading the file double click it to install the software Be sure to click the Register button and you will then register the software it s free You will then get an email with the registration data gt Next run the progra
4. bit ly w safetynet gt Checklist for backing up at http edwardns com blog checklist for backing up Backup Windows Live Mail at http bit ly bulivemail Best free CD DVD burning software at http cdournerxp se en home gt Cybercafe backup article at http bit ly scbackup
5. 3 songs require 4 gigabytes gt 10 000 Word or Excel files require 1 gigabyte It s the videos that require a lot of storage If you shoot RAW photos they require 5 times that of JPGs Online companies Rating Airi CARBONITE Go to Site Review Back tup Gatt back Bottom line Excellent and comprehensive online backup with easy remote file access exclusive discount Rating tokio Go to Site Review semozy Bottom line Grest low cost online backup with exclusive discount can back up external drives Rating tok took Go to Site Review Sugars Bottom line Fun and versatile file backup works with multiple computers supports music streaming exclusive discount Rating Arri RAIDER OAK Go to Site Review Bottom line Most secure customizable streamlined file backup for sdvanced users Rating tok tek yy Go to Site Review IDriv Bottom line Solid backup with a lot of configurability no mobile app access or file sharing Rating tots BB crephentarive Go to Site Review Bottom line Solid online backup with file sharing and the ability to back up to 5 computers though the interface is not the best F Te o Bottom line Geared towards businesses Exchange a ie Online FAQ Spee Go to Site Review Bottom line Packed with features includes 5 systems problems Rating Yes Go to Site Review Rating kkk yy Go to Site Review
6. Control Panel 3 the instructions from the YW Restore data files from backu online tutorial you re set a ee m 1 Create a restore point to go YO Back up your computer Documents 2 Which disk imaging program should I use _ RoboFormDataHere Files 701 Backup slides ed Backup slides ai backup al backup Backup ai Backup ai Backup Pp See more results Oo Windows Backup tools part 3 Parimi Pan Back up or restore your files Create a system image Backup Create a system repair disc Windows Backup has not been set up Set up backup Restore Windows could not find a backup for this computer Select another backup to restore files from Recover system settings or your computer OO Online backup services There are several good services Some are free up to 5 gigabytes Examples e Carbonite Mozy Sugarsync my favorite DropBox different then the above gt TimelineCloud at www timelinecloud com Read reviews at http bit ly oackupsites More reviews at http bit ly oackupsites2 Note indicates that I ve tried it indicates my current backup solution How much online storage do you need This is what Mozy Home says about 50 GB 5 99 per month lt 6 250 000 text emails plus 7 500 photos plus 8 500 music files and 1 000 videos Your results may vary e Misc stats A full 8 gig memory card can hold 8 gigabytes surprise e 1000 MP
7. ckup settings Note This option is recommended for advanced users only cea hes cone OO Obtaining the free Paragon Backup part 4 You ll then be asked to select a backup drive where you can choose a location on your external hard drive If you should ever need to restore your PC boot from the recovery CD and choose Restore The help manual is available at Paragon s web site select User Manual on the left e Should you need help call Paragon at 1 888 347 5462 Start with the Sales department before asking for Tech Support Advanced Making backup restore easier Repartition your hard drive so that you have a C drive and a D drive it may be a letter other than D Now store all data on that partition including Pictures documents etc gt Email if appropriate Windows Live Mail or Outlook iTunes library Any other similar data This will leave all of the data alone if you need to restore your hard drive Also you can backup and restore images or data on the D drive in addition to external hard drives OO My biased opinion Don t use the Dell Data Safe or Dell Backup or HP s programs Don t worry about creating Restore Media CDs and DVDs After you get your PC running you ll create a backup image with the Paragon software or other imaging software All you need to get started is a blank CD imaging software and an external hard drive Do this at least every 3 months Y
8. d PANS Or How to tell how much data you have Navigate to a folder you want to backup gt Right click it and select Properties You will be shown the size of the folder and its subfolders as shown below In this case it s 3 GB Class Docs E File folder ion EN 2 94 GB 3 161 809 352 bytes 2 96 GB 3 182 829 568 bytes ins 9 153 Files 1 001 Folders What did with new PC Bought new HP desktop PC Backed up entire PC with Shadow Protect imaging software to external hard drive storagecraft com Could have used Windows 7 Backup just click Start and type backup and select Backup and Restore at the top also created a set of Restore DVDs using the HP program I will never use these What did cont Repartitioned my hard drive then set up my desktop installed Antivirus software Next installed all my programs Then made another backup was now ready to use my PC knowing that could restore it at any time clicked Start and entered diskmgmt msc to examine my hard drive gt Saw Recovery partition see Figure 4 What else did gt Found out that pressing F11 key during startup opened HP Recovery Manager This allows me to restore PC to factory conditions I hope to never use this On Backup Figure 1 Figure 1 selected Backup and Restore and on the next window selected Create a system image Save image to external hard drive Progra
9. e immediately precautions Microsoft System Restore File Backup Program Microsoft Startup Repair Tool System Recovery Or Backup Figure 4 Clicked Start and entered diskmgmt msc File Action View Help o HIEBRIAXSse as voume Jiyen Tipe teSyten sts Capsciy Teepe free Fault Tolerance CaC_Drive C Simple NTFS Healthy B 256 12 GB 227 69GB 89 No a D_Drive D Simple sas NTFS Healthy L 664 06 GB 582 38 GB 88 No amp E Drive E Simple Basic NTFS Healthy P 232 88 GB 4190GB 18 No C HP_RECOVERY R Simple Basic NTFS Healthy P 11 23 GB 2 77 GB 25 No NIKON D7000 F Simple Basic FAT32 Healthy P 15 16 GB 14 22GB 9 No SYSTEM Simple Basic NTFS Healthy S 100 MB 72 MB 72 No Recovery Partition E Drive O A D_Drive D HP_RWEOVERY R3 p 256 12 GB NTFS 664 06 GB NTFS 11 23 GB NTFS Healthy Boot Page File Crash Dum J Healthy Logical Drive Healthy Primary Partition N ot i C e t h at m y Online Healthy Sy Anki hard drive is Basic E Drive E 232 88 GB 232 88 GB NTFS Onine Heath Primary Partition partitioned into two drives C and D E Unallocated If Primary partition Extended partition I Free space J Logical drive Or Recovering data from a crashed PC Method 1 Connect hard drive directly to another PC e Search Google for IDE SATA USB Adapter less than 20 e Method 2 Use a recovery
10. m and click the Advanced button in the lower left Or Obtaining the free Paragon Backup part 2 Select Tools Recovery Media Builder as shown below to create the bootable Recovery CD uel Changes Wizards Hard Disk Partition View Log Files a File Transfer Wizard Place a blank CD in your CD player oburner and follow the instructions Put the CD in a safe place OO Obtaining the free Paragon Backup part 3 To create an image of your hard drive boot from the Recovery CD Select Backup and on the next window select your C drive and click Next Q Backup Wizard Ea lt a D a a a a e D G a a You can back up any combination of hard disk drives or partitions Glick the check box next to any hard disk drive or partition you want to back up Name Type File syst Gj My Computer My Computer 2 m E Basic MBR Hard Disk 0 Htachi HDS721010CLA332 Intemal Hard Disk Drive B E First Hard Disk Track First Track E Master Boot Record MBR E SYSTEM Primary NTFS Heal Primary NTFS GI C Extended Partition Extended E D_Diive D NTFS E PHP_RECOVERY R NTFS 5 E E Basic MBR Hard Disk 1 WDC WD5000AACS 00ZUB0 naiki F First Hard Disk Track I J The size of objects to back up 256 1 GB Estimated archive size 32 9 GB E Change ba
11. ms 2 s W Backup and Restore b gt Control Panel All Internet Backgammon Control Panel 14 w Back up your computer Control Panel Home Js j Create a system image fa Create a system repair disc a Change desktop background Turn off background images b Restore data files or computer from backup e Restore your computer to an earlier time Documents 1 L RoboFormDataHere Music 1 A And Never Look Back Figure 2 clicked Start All Programs HP Recovery Manager Your PC may vary Recovery Manager Ap Recovery Media Creation Welcome to Recovery Media Creation Use this program to create recovery media for your computer Create recovery media using blank Create recovery media with a USB flash drive Note 1 Recovery media enables you to restore your computer to it s original factory state NOT its current state 2 You can only create the recovery media once for your computer 3 Create your recovery media now label it and then ensure that you store it in a safe place 4 You can restore your computer with the recovery media even the Recovery Partition is corrupted or deleted or even the entire hard drive is damaged To continue click Next e HP Recovery bootup My Recovery Manager Welcome to Recovery Manager HP s tool that lets you quickly get your operating system Ap back up and running if it ever becomes corrupted ORG I d like to tak
12. ou can discard image files that are 6 months old Back up your data to the same external hard drive weekly with Back4Sure available at http Awww ukrebs software de for free You re now safely backed up Or One example of what can go wrong You own an iPad and have downloaded several or many apps Your hard crashes You haven t moved the iTunes to your D drive You have a lot of work to do to get back to where you were No so if iTunes is moved to another drive Conclusions part 1 gt If you have anything worth saving back it up It doesn t matter how just do something The only safe backup is at least 3 copies External hard drives do fail so do CDs and DVDs One local backup and one online backup makes sense Redundancy is the key OO Conclusions part 2 e Purchase an external hard drive Get your PC the way you want it e Create a disk image Use Windows 7 tool or Acronis True Image or Paragon Free Backup your data Use Windows Backup or use free Back4Sure e Consider online backup for free for double protection Partition your hard drive for maximum flexibility Resources Go to my web site at www edwardns com Click Courses Windows 7 See section labeled Backing up and Recovery gt On line article at http bit ly oackingup7 Free backup software at http bit ly freebackupsw Free paragon program at htip bit ly oaragontree How to build a Windows safety net at http
13. ry media This recovers your PC to the as bought condition All data and stuff you added is gone Not a pleasant way to go They also may provide recovery software e Usually on a hidden partition e Call your manufacturer Oe Check your work gt Make a trial data backup with just a few files Navigate to the drive where you backed up Make sure the files are really there Make sure you can restore the files or folders to the original location OO What tools should you use Hard drive backup software imaging program Acronis True Image Home Edition currently 49 Paragon Disk Manager Free Data backup Back4Sure free software e Genie Backup Home Addition currently 49 Software bundled with external hard drive gt It may or may not do what you want External hard drive Western Digital or Seagate gt Should buy USB 3 0 Oo Windows Backup tools part 1 gt See online tutorial on Windows 7 Backup at http windowssecrets com top story build a complete windows safety net Make sure you have an external hard drive connected e Click Start and type Backup and select Backup and Restore Choose to create system image on the left or backup files on the right Remember you have to create a system repair disk to boot your PC prior to restoring an image e See next slide Windows Backup tools Programs 2 part 2 eset ap GMail Backup After viewing or printing
14. ten Backup your hard drive periodically e Why should you do this If your PC crashes you can be back on the air in 10 to 20 minutes Otherwise it s hours if at all If you backup your data weekly the most you ll lose is a week s worth of data OO Restoring gt When you restore your entire hard drive you go back in time to last backup That s why you have to backup data frequently After restoring the hard drive you must restore recent data Example e You backup your hard drive Sept 15t March 1t your PC crashes If you restore just your hard drive all data created since Sept 1 is lost If you backup your data frequently then nothing is lost Compressed versus Uncompressed backups Hard drive backups are usually compressed Data backups should be uncompressed gt Allows individual files and folders to be restored at any time Windows Backup uses compression Individual file restoration not possible On What do you need External hard drive 89 and up e Hard drive backup software 49 or the free Macrium Reflect or Paragon programs Or just use Windows 7 Backup e Data backup program 50 for the best paid one or good free one Back4Sure at http www ukrebs software de e Some time to do it gt Is it worth it gt Only you can answer this OO What do PC manufacturers provide e Usually they don t provide a Windows installation disc They often provide recove
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