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Bckup Software Reviews: Introduction |
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Have you ever given a second thought to the fact that computer technologies nowadays become an inherent part of our lives? Practically all sides of our activities are associated with computer. It is computer you apply to when at work, it is also computer you use at home for entertainment or as a reservoir for containing some valuable data such as personal correspondence, family photograph album, or even financial records. It is hard to overestimate all the significance computer embodies. Little by little we became strongly dependent on it. But sometimes computer, as all machines do, may malfunction, causing all your pressures data be irreversibly lost. So how can this tragedy be prevented?
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Backup Software Reviews: About author |
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I am happy to welcome you to my website. And share my and my friends' knowledge with you.
Basically, I am a Maths graduate. I am 26-year-old. To tell about me, I am fun-loving technocrat. I have around 4 yrs of exp in IT out of which I have one and a half in disk backup sphere. My business card says that i am a Senior Software Engineer.
Andreas Bloch
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Backup Software Reviews: Introduction |
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Since the advent of the computer age people were in the search of ways to protect valuable information. Thus there were developed various solutions based on two principal approaches: file-based backup and disk imaging backup. Without going into details the main difference between the two is the way data is treated. A disk image includes all of the drive's data files, as well as its OS (operating system), boot sector, program files, updates and patches, and system settings. In contrast, a file-based backup utility cannot back up files that are open or otherwise in use, and most cannot efficiently back up applications or system files and settings. In short in case of a hard disk failure, you will be able to recover the system with all its contents into its initial state without any additional efforts, the option unavailable while dealing with the simple file-based backup.
Taking into consideration all the importance of the data protection issue, we decided to scrutinize the most popular disk-imaging solutions the market is offering. While testing the products we tried to evaluate exactly those features essential for a rank and file user such as ease of use, efficiency, time to carry out a task, price, etc.
NEXT: How We Tested >>
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