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• VERITAS Software
  Provider of data protection, storage management, high availability, and disaster recovery software.
  www.veritas.com
• Golden Hawk Technology
  Makers of CDRWin.
  www.goldenhawk.com
• 2BrightSparks
  Developers of backup and synchronization programs that copy, sync, and restore data to local, external drive, disk, and remote storage via FTP.
  www.2brightsparks.com
• Dantz Development Corporation
  Offering Retrospect backup software.
  www.dantz.com
• WinISO Software
  CD-ROM image files extractor and editor enabling the conversion of BIN to ISO files.
  www.winiso.com
• Legato Systems
  Provider of enterprise-strength storage management software for the network computing market.
  www.legato.com
• NovaStor
  Backup and restore solutions for Windows, Novell Netware, DOS, and Mac platforms.
  www.novastor.com

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Where’s the best place to back up your data? Somewhere far, far away. These online backup services will keep your data safe no matter what sort of disaster strikes your local computers.

• Mozy
  Offers automatic online hard drive back up. Backup a few files for free or more for a fee. Site features product info, news, and press.
  www.mozy.com
• FilesAnywhere
  Providing online backup file storage with a blend of advanced and easy-to-use features, file sharing, version control, and drive mapping.
  www.filesanywhere.com
• MyOtherDrive
  Provides online backup, file sharing, and media entertainment.
  www.myotherdrive.com
• Connected Corporation
  Provides online data protection and management services, and real-time recovery solutions. Product line includes enterprise,

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Regular workstation backups are something which should be part of your professional working schedule as this lead to a better business well-being.

NovaBACKUP is an easy to manage backup software from one of the leading manufacturer of computer backup technologies. Being in the backup business for over 15 years.

Here are some of the different alternatives to make a workstation backup for your computer using products from NovaStor.

• NovaBACKUP for Workstation
• NovaBACKUP Server Edition
• NovaNET 10NovaStor Online Backup Service over the Net
• NovaBACKUP is the main backup solution for windows based computers.

There are different versions. One client backup and one backup version for servers, called Server Edition.

These are easy to use backup solution for a…

With the economy being in such a precarious condition, many computer users are repairing and upgrading an existing computer rather than buy a new one. If you have a laptop or computer that requires offsite repair, you should take a few precautions to protect your computer files and sensitive information.

Note: If you are using a reputable computer repair technician, you shouldn’t have to worry about anyone accessing your private information. However, it’s best to take the necessary precautions to protect your information.

These precautions are not fool proof. Computer information can be retrieved even if it is deleted. However, taking these precautions makes it a little more difficult to access your private information.

Step 1: Backup your laptop/computer…

Using external hard drives for data backups

For small businesses, buying and using an external hard drive for data backups is the method I recommend. External hard drives are cheap compared to tape drive systems ; you can get one for several hundred dollars. They’re also easy to use; in many cases, all you have to do is plug the hard drive into your computer’s USB port. And while hard drives do fail, their failure rate is much lower than that of backup media such as CDs.

Using CD-Roms as data backups
Using CD-Roms as data backups is popular. Blank CDs are inexpensive, and copying data onto CDs is easy. However, this is the most unreliable method of…

Data protection is crucial for protecting your business’s continuity. If your only data backup is on a computer, and the hard disk fails or is damaged by a power surge, your business data is gone. And having paper copies of business data isn’t adequate data protection; what if your business premises burn to the ground or experience severe flooding? Once again the data you need to carry on your business could be irretrievably lost.

For adequate data protection, you need to establish a data backup system that follows these three steps:

• archive business data regularly;
• create data backups on reliable media;
• keep updated data backups in a secure, off-site location.

The basic rule for business…

Q. What is Samsung Auto Backup?
A. Samsung Auto Backup is Bundled software that performs a backup of the PC data to Samsung External Hard Drive. Through the Real-Time Backup or Scheduled Backup, the data can be backed up safely to Samsung External Hard Drive.

When the backed up data are damaged due to a system error or user’s mistake, they can be checked/recovered through the Integrity Check. Also the original data that was stored in the PC can be conveniently recovered when damaged or lost.

Q. Cannot install Samsung Auto Backup.
A. Check the system you want to install Samsung Auto Backup on meets the minimum system requirements specified in this manual.

Q. How do I perform…