The discontinuation of CrashPlan for Home on 22 October 2018 is coming soon (see “CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups,” 22 August 2017), so I’ve been receiving questions about how best to restore ...

Zerobyte is one of my favorite backup tools out there. It uses Restic for the actual backup engine and adds an intuitive web interface on top. Restic handles the encryption, compression, and ...

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 ...

You open your hard drive to access an important presentation, only to find it missing. Suddenly, hours of work seem lost, and ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Losing a years' worth of financial data can cause significant distress and make you immediately reach for the Restore option. However, using System Restore won't help you recover your data. System ...

Did you perform a System Restore only to find that many files are missing? Then follow this easy guide to restore deleted files after System Restore. Whenever Windows faces any error, System Restore ...

System Restore Points are states of Windows OS that can be used to fix the computer if anything goes wrong, right from missing system files to unstable unsigned drivers. That said, all Restore Points ...