First sign-in restore aims to cut rebuilds when users skip setup options Microsoft has quietly tweaked Windows Backup for ...

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 ...

There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...

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 ...

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

Windows Backup for Organizations is a relatively recent tool from Microsoft that allows enterprise customers to back up their ...

The QuickBooks Online Backup service provides a way to store your company's financial backup files online. The backups are scheduled to occur automatically, but you can also run a backup manually.

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 ...