The concept behind backup software is pretty simple: You make a copy of your files on storage separate from your main hard drive. That storage can be another drive, an external dri… See more

A step further than the simple copying of files is copying the entire hard drive, including system files, known as a disk image. A disk image contains every bit of data on th… See more

As mentioned, you can make local backups or online backups, sometimes called cloud backups. With an online backup, a company securely sends the data you want to back up … See more

Backup services vary widely in how they set up and perform backups. For example, the totally hands-free Backblaze automatically encrypts and uploads all your important fil… See more