We're rounding up all the best news, advice and more for World Backup Day 2026.

Your PC’s storage media is subject to malware and, on occasion, natural disasters such as lightning, fire, etc. — which is why formulating a backup strategy is critical for keeping your data safe. Our ...

Here is a pattern I've noticed a lot of. Backup applications (such as Macrium Reflect) for Windows will backup a disk volume using hundreds of image files. Obviously, if you do need to restore, the ...

Hard drives and SSDs have a habit of failing at inopportune moments (although when is a good time for storage to fail?), underscoring how important having a regular backup strategy is for keeping your ...

Though it’s a bit pricey for its genre, Ascomp’s BackUp Maker Professional is awash with advanced and automation features. I must admit, when I first found out that Ascomp’s BackUp Maker Professional ...

Backing up your documents and other files in Windows is always advisable in case the originals ever get lost or corrupted. That's especially true for files that are important, sensitive, or ...

Between hard drive failures and malware, companies face major threats to their data. Considering the average cost of downtime is $1,410 per minute, businesses need protections in place to keep their ...

I consider six applications below, three backup programs for Windows and three partition cloning applications for Macs running Leopard. I often arrive at a new client's office or home and find no ...

Data Loss disrupts every kind of information-based business. Loss of crucial documents and files means spending resources and time recovering it, a huge setback in productivity timelines, loss of ...

According to an EaseUS chat rep. with whom I just spoke, EaseUS TODO Backup (any version) cannot restore files and/or folders directly from tape. This person said that if you want to recover ...

You always have the default backup tool from Microsoft, known as Windows Server Backup (WSB). This is a built-in tool, but it is not automatically configured; therefore, you will have to do so the ...