Tips For Data Backing And Connecting Your Home And Work PCs

Anyone who has ever had their computer crash will tell you of the horrible sinking feeling that comes from seeing years of collected data, and work become inaccessible. And it’s not just work related data – precious photos, videos, music, movies, all of these things, if lost can give you an awful feeling.

Therefore the need to back up all your data – the internet offers many excellent, reliable and private ways to back up your data.

The additional benefit of backing up your data online is that you can access your home PC files from office and vice versa as well.

Many of these services let you access your computer data from your PC as well. These options let you back up your data as well as let you access it when you need:

Dropbox: This is a web based file hosting service that uses cloud computing technology (where in shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand, like the electricity grid.) This enables users to store and share files, folders and other data across the internet using file synchronization.

There are free as well as paid options in this service, with each having different features and services. The website describes their services as a “single, secure pocket for storing all your stuff”, so it’s always available.

SugarSynch: This is another such service, which automatically synchronizes your files and backs up your computer online. This way you can access the latest version of any of your files from anywhere – so long as you have a web connection.

You don’t have to physically keep updating data on your first computer with changes or amendments you have made on your second one. Whereas you would otherwise have to keep emailing yourself the latest versions of the file or physically transport them in a pen drive or similar storage device – and also have to keep track of which is the latest version of the file. Here you don’t have to get into all this hassle.

Carbonite: This is another reliable service for “Back it up – Get it back” a service to help everyone avoid a computer disaster. For a yearly fee, you have access to unlimited back up capacity.

The service is automatic, is secured and encrypted so that if you have sensitive data, it cannot be intercepted. File recovery is easy and you can take a free trial to see how it works for you.