There is a free version that allows up to 10GB of storage and there are paid options to upgrade, but this can prove expensive over the long-term if you want to backup and sync a sizable hard drive. Even still, it's a useful keep to keep the most essential files safe. What makes OneDrive potentially ideal is if you also have a subscription to Office , as that entitles you a huge 1TB of cloud storage. Dropbox is another cloud server that allows you to save important documents online, again being free to use with the same limitations as above.
But as before, the ability to save a smaller number of essential files, such as for work, study, creative projects, and similar, can be invaluable. An image is an exact copy of an entire drive or partition, including all installed programs and system files. If you need to reinstall Windows, you can boot from the image file and avoid having to reinstall all your programs and reconfigure your Windows settings.
Note that you can't use an image to restore your system on a different PC. Images are very large and take a long time to create, so you won't want to make one every day.
For everyday backups, you'll only want to copy the most important data on your PC — your documents, photos and music, for example. There are several types of regular backup:. Each differential backup will be larger than the last, but to restore your system you'll only need the full backup and the latest differential one. Incremental backup files are smaller, but to restore your system you'll need your full backup as well as all subsequent incremental ones, which takes longer.
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Always willing to try something new, she loves sharing new discoveries with others. Sofia lives and breathes Windows, Android, iOS, macOS and just about anything with a power button, but her particular areas of interest include security, tweaking and privacy. North America. Alternatively, I am happy to facilitate a direct discussion with one of our support reps. I purchased Memeo Backup Premiun on September 24, I have had nothing but trouble. I continually received popups that indicate that my trial subscription is running out.
Can you check your spam inbox to see if any of our replies were flagged inadvertently? I see that Memeo support responded to you on Oct. There are no other inquiries after this date.
If you contact me directly, I can get you in front of someone who can clear up your issue immediately. Thank you, Ross. However I did download and install the latest version of Memeo.
There was no improvement. I give up the unequal struggle. Have received support from Memeo regards an issue with signing in to create an online backup. I reinstalled the latest version however was getting the same issue Win PC. I reran the software on a XP machine and it works OK! Do you have known issues with Win ? We do support Win 2K, but only for our Pro version. If you contact me directly, I can send you a link where you can download and get the software without having to fill out an eval form.
If this works ok for you, I can just swap the license key for you. Without knowing the details, I can say that in most cases, there is usually something trivial that can be solved via a Support inquiry. I know you have put some time into this already, but I will offer this to you.
I can have a support engineer call you directly to get you up and running again. If you have already moved on, I will also offer to fully refund your purchase. Just contact me directly either way, and I will get the process started. I was wondering if I can delete the 11Gig of journal files on my hard disk, with out wreaking havoc on my computer?
It appears you have an old version of Memeo Autobackup. You can definitely delete those log files and reclaim all that space back.
This will cure that problem and is much improved in the area of performance. You can download the free trial version and use your same product key. Maybe Microsoft is at least partially to blame as my PC downloaded an update and rebooted.
I did put a report into Support and all the help I got was just leave it until it finished, and it may go faster if I leave the window open. The window has been open all day and it still managed only files. No wonder it backs up nothing. I thought I was getting a good deal getting the software with my Buffalo drive, now I need to find something else that works. Also, forgot to mention that I tried the software using Windows 7, on an a new Intel I7 2. Was backing up to an external Western Digital 1.
I started the backup last night at PM I chose approx gb data to backup. This morning at AM the software had backed up about 20 gig. Incredibly slow. Something is definitely wrong if only files have backed up in 17 hours. On an idle machine, our backup speed should be comparable to dragging a file to a drive using Windows explorer. Things that can slow this down are if the user is active during the copy, since we will favor the user if they are doing work during the backup.
Also, keep in mind that this is the initial backup. After everything has been backed up, only incremental changes are pushed across as changes are made. For the most part, this is absolutely invisible to the user. I will check into that to make sure something more tangible is delivered to you. Often, these issues happen because the software that comes with the drive is an older version. Once of the challenges we have bundling software with hard drives, is that the lead time required to get the software on the drive is many months in advance.
That said, the support response in unacceptable and I will get to the bottom of this. If you would like, I can arrange for a technical support engineer to contact you directly. My email is left below. Just a followup for any of you that are interested. Ran 3 full backups of gigs and then tested differential and incremental.
Google it. As I mentioned to Toni in the post above, our backup performance should be pretty close to taking those same files and dragging them directly to the drive. We do a little bit of overhead per transfer, verifying and tracking changes, but nothing that would be significant in delay. I would be happy to arrange to have one of our techs to call you directly to look over your config. They can usually get you going in no time at all.
As for your comments about sloppy programming and inadequate QA, you are way off base. As a software engineer, surely you must appreciate the complexity of ensuring data integrity, keeping track of file changes, verifying file transfers, continuous data protection etc.
And we feel it is. We have over 1 million active customers in the field. No company would be able to stay in business by putting out shoddy software. There are many fine software backup companies in addition to ours in the industry.
Your blanket statement about backup products rarely working is both irresponsible and naive. I would be happy to provide you a list of multi-million dollar revenue companies that make their money in the software backup space and have satisfied customers. We are one of them! Thank you for pointing it out to us. As I offer to everyone, I am happy to facilitate a connection with technical support. If this is not satisfactory, I will offer to refund you for the price you paid for the product.
No questions asked. And I completely appreciate the complexities of software engineering. It is extremely difficult and even terrifying at times when we send out a new release of our software.
And not just about software companies, but all companies in general Microsoft, Novell, General Motors, Ford and I could go on and on. EaseUS ToDo Backup is a solution that has been around for over a decade, with packages for businesses, home users and even service providers. It offers software for both Windows XP and higher and Mac platforms.
In the Home and Home Office tier, it can handle an incremental or full backup for up to 16TB of data, including coping with multiple partitions, hardware RAID, and it also supports cloud backups. While there is a free tier, the single paid Home tier offers more features for those really concerned with managing their backups on a regular basis. The Home edition is available for a one-time fee, or alternatively you can subscribe on a yearly basis, or a charge every two years.
The Business options for a single Workstation has additional options for servers and technicians which offer an even more rich range of features. With the Create Backup Job wizard, guidance is provided to what will be backed up, and where the data will be stored. This software covers all the usual backup processes, and can easily create complex routines, including automated backup. A standout feature is the WinPE recovery media, which in the worst case scenario comes to the rescue for when your PC refuses to even boot.
Via a bootable USB stick, users can rescue files, fix boot problems, and even perform a restoration to get up and running again in a jiffy. A home plan is charged for a single home user license. For business users you will need to contact Paragon for a quote. For modest users this will suffice, but it falls short when it comes to the interface, support for platforms other than Windows and Linux, and more advanced tasks.
However, it does at least include any upgrades to the program, and also supports backup to cloud providers including OneDrive and Dropbox. The standout feature of NovaBackup PC is the security offered, as the software runs locally to send the data to a local media drive, and does not connect to the internet. Also, the backup can be performed with AES bit encryption for extra security. Any backup program should be able to create a bootable optical disc or USB thumb drive. Some will also create a restore partition on your hard drive, which can be used instead if the hard drive is still operational.
Any backup program worth its salt allows you to schedule backups. Any backup program you use should allow you to retain several previous backups, or with file backup, previous versions of the file. The better software will retain and cull older backups according to criteria you establish. Optical support: Every backup program supports hard drives, but as obsolescent as they may seem, DVDs and Blu-Ray discs are great archive media. Online support: An offsite copy of your data is a hedge against physical disasters such as flood, fire, and power surges.
Online storage services are a great way to maintain an offsite copy of your data. Backup to Dropbox and the like is a nice feature to have.
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