How to Backup
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How to Backup


It is important to be sure that your data is adequately secured. Backups grant peace of mind and allow quickly restoring data should something nasty happen, like a virus attack, a hard disk crash or an unintentional file erasure.

In this section you can find many useful articles devoted to the question of backup. These papers should not only inspire to back up data for storage, convenience and security, but also to inform how to make your backups reliable and effective.

General instructions on how to back up

"Backup How-To's" series

"Backup How-To's" is a series of articles discussing methods and strategies of organizing computer data protection. These articles will be of great interest and use for PC users of all levels, from those who use computers at home to system administrators in large commercial enterprises. The series consists of ten articles:

  1. Why Ever Back Up Data?
  2. Three Types of Data You May Want to Back Up
  3. Pros And Cons of Backup Software
  4. Free Backup Software vs. Commercial Backup Software
  5. Appropriate Storage for Your Backups
  6. Home Backup: Files and Folders
  7. Home Backup: Hard Disk Imaging and Cloning
  8. Businesses Backup: Files- And Drive-based Backup
  9. Businesses Server Backup
  10. Enterprise Backup of Multiple Workstations

How to backup data of different types

Pros and cons of backing up to different media

Handy Backup provides a full range of functions to organize reliable and effective data protection on whatever computer. It allows automating all backup processes in any environment: from home computers to enterprise networks. To learn more, please refer to the full list of Handy Backup features.

This library is constantly updated: articles are added almost every week; many of them are in a "pre-release" state – so please check by frequently. If you would like to receive an answer about any backup related question which is not listed here, please send your requests at support@handybackup.net and we will react as soon as possible. Thank you!

File Backup - back up individual files and folders stored in local, LAN and FTP locations Email Messages Backup - back up e-mail box directly from your mail server Image Backup - perform complete hard disk image backup with all data and operating system Email MS Exchange Backup - back up and restore Microsoft Exchange Server stores Lotus Notes Backup - back up Lotus Notes without stopping the service ODBC Database Backup - protect your databases by regular backups

Backup to LAN, Local and External Drives - store your backups at any drives visible in Windows Explorer Backup to FTP - offsite backup to remote FTP server provides maximum reliability Backup to SFTP - transfer sensitive data to a remote server via secure SFTP protocol Backup to CD-R/CD-RW - burn your backups to optical disks with multi-drive spanning and verification options Backup to DVD/HD DVD/Blu-Ray - record important data to DVD disks using the integrated burning tool Handy Backup Online - store backups at Novosoft Online Backup Service instead of third-party providers

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