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.

WINDOWS

Backup with Symantec Norton 360

Symantec utilities are well-known security software. However one of them, Norton 360, is not only security software. It is also a backup utility with ability to store your backup data using secure online storage. You can easily backup your pictures, documents, contacts, music, videos, emails, internet favorites and other files or folders. You have 2 GB space for your online backup, not too much. However you can backup to another disc or burn your data backup onto a CD/DVD too.

BACKUP HOW-TOS

How to backup Total Commander with all plugins

Total Commander is one of the most known file managers for Windows operating system. Its side by side panels with files and folders offers easy to use interface for fast work. Total Commander has built-in FTP client, supports many types of archives and could be extended using many plugins. You can backup Total Commander with all installed plugins and all their settings very easy. Here is how to do that.

FIREFOX

How to backup Firefox profile

Do you use the Firefox browser? It has a nice feature that allow you easy backup all of its data - your complete profile, including bookmarks, passwords, history, installed extensions or themes. All you need to do is copying its profile folders to another location. You can copy them to USB drive and back (e.g. if you reinstall you PC). There are different methods depending on your operating system.