How can I consolidate my data for imaging?? Backing up to image files is largely preferred by some users because it’s a lot easier to mount files like virtual hard drives for simple searching and recovery. You would need to consolidate all your data to be backed up to one partition to make that feasible. You could have the files such as My Documents, My Photos, My Music, My Videos and so on redirected to...

How to I get the data off my devices?? There is backup and storage space available online for free (5GB for iOS/iCloud, 15GB for Android/Google Drive, 7GB for Windows Phone/SkyDrive), but getting all your data from all your devices could be tricky. You can get local copies of all your files on your computer to Google Drive or SkyDrive, if you have installed their applications. You would just have to add the files to the...

How do I back it up?? First, you would make sure that your disaster-recovery and backup software is selected. Both, Windows 7 and 8, applications that are integrated to can complete system-recovery images. Although, in Windows 8 it’s hidden under Control Panel > All Items > Windows 7 File Recovery. The routine to restore is not always successful, it can fail with a change just as simple as replacing your hard drive with a smaller...

Where do I need to back it up to? I’m just going to guess that you don’t have a tape backup drive, you may not even have an optical drive. But, if you do, there is nothing wrong with keeping a backup, or more, on a disc. I don’t think I would do things that way, older technology slows the process down a lot. Some broadband connection has enough upstream bandwidth to backup data through...

What do I need to back up? You will need to know what you would want/need backed up before you can know how you should best be backing up. You have the choice, there is no right or wrong choice here, but I would recommend protecting anything you may want or things you can’t re-create like; tax and business stuff, anything that you have scanned and destroyed the hard copies), things that your kids drew...

What is the ultimate rule??? There is three basis rules making sure you have everything backed up. To lower the risk of loss data, you should have three copies of the files and things you don’t want to loss: the original copy (that flies that you have on your computer already), a backup of that original, and a backup of the backup (so that you will have two). It’s ideal to not that the both...

The Simple Guide To Backing Up Your Computer: First thing to know and to remember: Always, always back up. Thankfully, it’s an easy task to backup your most important data. The hard part actually doing most people, myself included. You have many storage options to use, I will be walking to you through them. You will see just how simple it is to back up all your information, files and photos right now – before...