Your Personal Early Warning System

Would you like to be able to see into the future? Get warned before something goes wrong? Imagine having your own personal IT Guru, watching over your computer, making sure everything is running smoothly…well now you can!

Why do I need a backup?

But I don’t need to back up anything This was the cry from a recent customer, when I asked if they had a backup –  they hadn’t – which was why I attended the site in the fist place – to recover their ‘lost’ data! If you need data recovery or backup services, just contact […]

How To Backup Your Computer

Another day another backup! There is so much mystery, confusion and downright misinformation regarding home computer backups, I felt the need to write an overview of how to do it properly. It has been said that the world is divided into two groups – those that backup and those that will.

Monster Backup Software Review!

Update! After further (almost!) exhaustive testing comes round 2 of this review. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find one single piece of software that covers the minimum requirements listed below – with the cavet that this review is aimed toward home users – not corporate environments. If you have several thousand to spend […]

Sony Vaio Blues

Anyone tried to backup a laptop lately? Now the proud owner of a new, state of the art laptop, I tried imaging it…dear God, it can’t be this hard, can it?

GFI Backup

I am currently trailing GFI BAckup – which is free – against the all-conquering Genie Backup Manager (commercial), which has to be almost the defacto standard in home backup: I have yet to find a more complete system than GBM. However, my findings so far regarding the GFI offering: GFI Backup is outstanding! It’s a […]

Is de-duplication the backup saviour?

Well, humm. It’s certainly the way to go – removing all the duplicated data before you backup, will certainly reduce the ever increasing burden. However, I am currently trying a devastatingly efficient method of reducing data volumes – one which even most large businesses fail to use.

Online Services

This last month I have been testing various online services – for home/work use. So far the news isn’t all good – and I have my ISP to thank for this dire state of affairs.