The discontinuation of CrashPlan for Home on 22 October 2018 is coming soon (see “CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups,” 22 August 2017), so I’ve been receiving questions about how best to restore ...

It wasn't one of the more publicized features, but Windows 8 actually comes with a brand-new backup feature called File History, that works similar to Apple's Time Machine: It automatically backs up ...

Backing up your documents and other files in Windows is always advisable in case the originals ever get lost or corrupted. That's especially true for files that are important, sensitive, or ...

Microsoft's One Note program is a handy note-taking, research and organization tool for small businesses. You can use this software on your PCs, smartphones and online. The notebooks that you create ...

Once installed, keeping Restic up to date is effortless. The tool includes a self-update command that automatically downloads ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Though Windows 8 makes it easier to back up your settings using the SkyDrive cloud storage service, it actually doesn’t automatically back up the files on your computer. Instead, you’ll need to back ...

You open your hard drive to access an important presentation, only to find it missing. Suddenly, hours of work seem lost, and ...