AUTHOR
Articles by Jan Polzer
Jan Polzer is a web developer and technology journalist who has written about computers and data protection for over 20 years, including eight books and hundreds of articles. On Backup HowTo he focuses on tested, practical backup and recovery advice — reviewed and updated as tools change.
NAS
NasBackup: reliable backup to a network location
Network backup is one the the most reliable solutions I think. If you have a NAS server or a classic file server anywhere in your network, you can schedule your backup using open source utility called NasBackup.
BACKUP HOW-TOS
How to backup your files in Windows 7?
There are plenty of backup software for Windows. We can use simple freeware backup applications for backing up the files or complete backup solutions to create different backup types of whole disc partition. What does the Windows 7 operating system offer?
IPHONE
Try new freeware alternative to iTunes
CopyTrans team released a new CopyTrans Manager. Another software from this vendor is well known to all BackupHowto.info readers. Using the CopyTrans software you can backup all the data from your iPod without installing the iTunes software. Check the video showing up the new CopyTrans Manager. It's not a backup tool, but I think it could be interested for you. It's an iTunes alternative (or iPod/iPhone manager) that enables iPhone and iPod users to add music, videos, podcasts to their favorite devices. Copytrans Manager also allows to create and manage playlists,edit song tags, play music and display artworks to name a few.
IPHONE
CopyTrans 3 is out: backup for all iPod players and iPhones
I mentioned the previous version of CopyTrans earlier this year. This unique backup solution for iPod and iPhone owners offers great and simple way to backup all your data from these players and phones. Now, the new better version is available.
MYSQL
Useful tips about How to backup Drupal installation
Drupal is one of the big three CMS. Together with WordPress and Joomla offers a complete solution to build a working website in a few hours with minimum knowledge about PHP, HTML or CSS. If you already run a few Drupal powered websites, you should think about its backups. Beware of hackers, server failures or your o…
IPHONE
How to backup iPhone and iPod: CopyTrans as a complete solution
Data loss is a very annoying situation. Your computer has crashed or your external drive needs maintenance, how will you get your favorite songs and videos back? That is why iPhone and iPod backups are necessary.
BROWSER
BackRex: backup all Internet Explorer settings
Internet Explorer has many items which you would like to have backed up. URLs of your favorite pages, proxy settings, security zones, cookies, history, forms… This all is very important for you and should be saved to a secure storage before you will upgrade your IE installation or for computer crash problems. Freeware utility BackRex will help you.
CLOUD
FanBox Desktop: web operating system as online backup storage
Online backup storage are very popular backup solutions. They have many good features. Your files are available from anywhere (if there is a web access) and the files are secured from floods, fire disasters or robbery in your house. Web operating systems are interested projects which brings the complete desktop to your web browser. Now you can use them as a specific online backup storage.
BACKUP HOW-TOS
DriverMax: How to backup drivers in Windows
There are many situation when you need to backup drivers in your Windows installation. Since you are able to backup your drivers directly from the Windows installation, you can forget to installation media shipped with your hardware. Backup the drivers and feel free to reinstall your system.
BACKUP HOW-TOS
How to backup KMail?
KMail is popular e-mail client for Linux users. You can find it in the KDE - powerful desktop environment. KMail is also a part of a bigger application called Kontakt. This part of KDE offers the complete solution for your contacts, e-mails, calendars, appointments, task lists and meeting scheduling. People always a…
BACKUP HOW-TOS
Backup Internet Explorer favorites with IE7Pro
IE7Pro is a useful tool for users of Internet Explorer web browser. It adds improved download manager, faster pages loading, improved management of sessions and tabs. IE7Pro comes with Easy Homepage function which adds simple way how you could navigate to frequently visited pages from your homepage. It is similar to Speed Dial function in Opera browser. IE7Pro also comes with useful backup function for your Internet Explorer favorites.
FIREFOX
Backup Firefox bookmarks (and more) with Google Browser Sync
You never know when you computer goes wrong in the least suitable moment. Setting up a replacement computer may take several days before you remember what needs to be re-installed and configured. Try to prevent this kind of problems. If you are using the Firefox web browser try the Google Browser Sync extension which automatically backups the bookmarks, history, cookies and passwords to a remote Google servers.