an external drive to recover with connotes a bootable drive, while a backup drive is just formatted partition(s). effectively, you need to build an OS disk with recovery tools, in order to have a ...

The importance of backing up your files seems obvious, but choosing how gets complicated fast. The built-in Windows backup option is painfully basic, while decent software costs serious money.

A smarter way to back up ...

Second Copy works great for data folders, even in network locations, and supports granular scheduling right down to one minute intervals between runs. Second Copy is a $30 file backup/folder sync ...

It won't do what most third-party backup solutions can, but Windows File History, a relic from Windows 8.1, does a reasonably good job of protecting Windows 10 data. When it comes to protecting data ...

We never know when our hard drive will stop working, and we lose important data. It is a high risk of data loss during a cyber attack or natural disaster. Therefore, it is always a good idea to ...

Managing data storage is ever more complex. IT teams have to wrestle with local, direct-attached storage, storage area networks, network attached storage and cloud storage volumes. They might be ...

OneDrive, Microsoft's built-in cloud storage platform, is deeply embedded in Windows and positioned as a central part of the company's cloud ecosystem. When Windows updates or ...