Losing an important digital data is like a big nightmare in today digital world . Our many important documents are now digital in the form of files and folders . It is always a good habit of taking the back up of your important data which most of us avoid until experienced a catastrophe . Here are some of the best online data backup tools and softwares .
Free Online Data Backup Applications
1. DropBox
Dropbox is a very popular online data backup application that uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization . It gives 2 GB of free space and you don’t need to upload each of your files and folder , just drag your files and folder to the dropbox folder in your computer and your files will get automatically uploaded to the dropbox server .
2. Mozy
Mozy is another tool which provided automated backup Once you install the Mozy client on your computer, it will back up any files you specify at the frequency you specify. Mozy can back up files while they are open . Mozy also backs up based on file changes, only uploading the portion of a file that has changed and not the entire file all over again . Its Basic home Plan gives 2GB free online data backup .
3. Allway Sync
Allway Sync is a good file sync utility for backing up your data to remote locations. Allway Sync is free for personal use, and supports FTP and networked locations as well as external drives.
4. CrashPlan
CrashPlan is a backup tool with a different approach . It allows you to perform local backups on your computer and home network as well as back up data to a friend’s computer if they are also running CrashPlan
5. BuddyBackUP
Buddy back up is a free back up tool which allows you to perform backups on specific PC’s you trust like yours friends and family PCs . It uses P2P technology to back up your files to those computers. Its only drawback is that it requires your buddies to be online to perform backups .
6. DriverMax
DriverMax is a brilliant tool for driver backups , It is very useful when you reinstall Operating system . DriverMax enables you to back up and restore driver sets, plus identify unknown drivers and check for the latest updates online.
This is another excellent tool to back up your bookmarks , profiles , profile passwords from Internet Explorer , Firefox , Safari , Google Chrome etc You can also synchronize your backup across multiple PC’s Online .
This is a useful drive imaging tool , which allow you to take backup by making image of your hardrives , cd and dvd ‘s
Very Nice Information thank’s for Share with us
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You forgot wuala I guess. Encrypted before sending, no way for the storage provider to decrypt it on its own if you don’t make your folder / files public. And they don’t store your password anywhere.
@Dev i don’t think so…? :O
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For huge amounts of data, you might want to use Amazon’s S3 together with a third party app such as Arq.
This is so great thanks for sharing and for multiple computer backups on a single account i think Safecoopy backup would be better
i actually needed to backup my data as i m ing to format my pc thanx for sharing this data
Its really a useful information for who worried about their data protection. hope you missed to review iDrive, carbonite and SOS online backup in this list.
The names you have mentioned does not provide any free service so I decided to skip them
Genie9 (formerly Genie-soft) provides a very easy to use Free backup product that works a lot like Apple’s Time Machine. It does near continuous backup, which is basically what Mozy and Carbonite currently do, to a local drive instead of online. It provides you the option to updgrade to their Home product, which provides the full disaster recovery feature, but the Free version does provide full file based protection. You can find the download Genie Timeline Free at their website http://www.genie9.com. There will also be an online backup version to the cloud coming out in the near term.
Excellent sharing Abhishek. These tools are really great. But iDrive and others should also be included in the list of free data bakcup services. I’d like you to see this list of 12 free services:
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SugarSync works great for me
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No Doubt Dropbox is quite good…but thanks for sharing the others…
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Dropbox isnt free anymore!
ZenOKlets people keep 21 Gigabyte of documents or photos. This is 10 times more than competitors (like Mozy, Dropbox and Apple iCloud) give people.
DropBox and SugarSync are the best file sharing, file backup & cloud storage companies.
Their systems are reliable and easy to use.
Use this link to open a DropBox account & you will get an additional 250Mb of free space.
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Use this link to open a SugarSync account & you will get an additional 500Mb of free space.
https://www.sugarsync.com/referral?rf=bixpe4rkf9o8v&utm_source=txemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=referral
To receive the bonus you have to download and install the Dropbox or SugarSync software
I purchased a Hitachi external drive and rec’d the free cloud backup. Really simple and if you need more cloud storage they only charge $49 for a year (250GB). Great deal thanks for sharing your find.
Overstated Dave, as others have pointed out. If you only put your vital data into one company’s hands, then that’s problem #1. If that company fails to have redundant data strategies, as Amazon did, then that’s problem #2. Problems can arise with any technology, offline backups or paper can go up in a fire/Earthquake/Tsunami/you name it. True disaster recovery plans for these types of things, but saying that an entire technology is invalid and “dead” for a particular use just because of particularly poor planning on some companies’ parts is overkill.
The study shows the same trend as this cloud computing infographic.
This update is what Adobe users and cloud computing enthusiasts have been waiting for at least in the past 5 months since it was announced in early October 2011.
There’s no doubt that Dropbox and Mozy are among the best free online backup services. Both are fast, user friendly, and reputable company. You can’t go wrong with them!
Thanks for providing detailed information regarding best online backup services. In my opinion and experience i recommend Mozy. I reviewed this profile. There are many benefits a part of excellent support service. Like i got almost all features in its free plan. You can simply sync you data. Some other features included as mentioned in this blog post as well and which i have experienced are that it provide 100% automated service, You can access files from anywhere, restoring files, and importantly provides upto 5TB palns