backup

There are various ways to backup your Gmail account. You can have the emails downloaded via POP or have them auto-forwarded to another account. In this article, we’ll discuss how to use another Gmail account to backup your primary Gmail account. It’s just a one time set it and forget it method, hence you should [...]

Sometime back, we discussed Dropbox, an ultimate tool for backing up files and keeping data in sync. After installing this application on your PC, you get “My Dropbox” folder in which you can put any files or folders, and it will get backed up and synchronized automatically. Suppose you want to backup different folders at [...]

Backing up files and keeping data in sync is important, especially since now we don’t stick to a single device for our computing needs. We have mentioned file backup and sync using Syncback, Windows backup and restore method, and apps like Back4sure for your data backup and sync needs. But today, we’ll talk about a [...]

We talked about batch uploading photos to Flickr using Flickr Uploadr. But this tool doesn’t let you the reverse process, i.e. batch download Flickr photos to your computer. If you need that then you would require a tool known as Bulkr. This tool can backup your entire Flickr photo-stream. It provides you an option to [...]

In part 1 of this post, we discussed how to sync files and folders on Windows using Syncback’s free version. In this post, we’ll talk about using it to backup, sync and restore data. The steps are more or less the same. Check them out. How To Backup Data Using Syncback Download and install Syncback. [...]

If you want to go for a full system backup (or backup a few important files) then Back4sure is a promising tool for the purpose. It offers a nice user interface, quick backup capabilities and some cool features such as filtering files, archives backup and recognize drive by labels. This free tool is available for [...]

One of the not-so-cool things about Twitter is its archive and search functionality. It doesn’t provide a way to backup your tweets within its interface, or a way to revisit your “very old” tweets. And in case you were wondering, Twitter updates do get deleted sometimes. So that’s another solid reason for backing up your [...]

If you reinstalling Windows then locating all the necessary driver files from vendor’s website (if you don’t have a driver recovery cd), and installing them one by one is definitely a pain. Read this device drivers page on Wikipedia if you are not sure what are these exactly. You can use the handy software called [...]

You know how important product keys are, don’t you. That’s what makes a software work. They are usually there on the installation CD/DVD that comes with a software or in the registration email you get when you download it from the net. However, if you don’t find it at those places then it isn’t easy [...]

FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) is an amazing Firefox browser add-on which lets you quickly and easily backup all your Firefox extensions, bookmarks, themes, cookies, preferences, user names and passwords. This extension creates a backup file at a specified location on your computer and you can restore your Firefox profile with the help of that [...]

To save important files from any accidental deletion, data corruption, PC malfunction, virus or worm threat, you should backup all your important data on an external disk or a network drive so that you can recover it anytime. Windows has an in-built backup & restore tool that helps you create partial or complete PC backups. [...]

If you have had any experience of ripping a commercial DVD to your PC then you would know it isn’t a straight-forward task of copying data from the DVD to PC. The DVDs are usually DRM-protected/encrypted and don’t allow you to rip stuff from them easily. And a lot of times it happens that you [...]

With the advent of Web 2.0 and advanced web services to share and work on data, it seems that after some years people won’t worry about the operating system any more. (Google Chrome OS is another step in that direction) I mean, just think about the time you spend online. Be it on interacting on [...]