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Save Your Data: Backup with these Free Programs

Save Your Data: Backup with these Free Programs
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Keeping a backup of your data can often feel like an unnecessary chore...until disaster strikes and you lose years of work, pictures, or media due to hardware failure or a system crash. Backing up your precious data need not be overly complex or expensive, and you certainly won't begrudge the effort if disaster strikes. Here are 11 great and free tools for safeguarding your electronic treasures. Whether you're a power-user that needs to protect your data or a casual surfer looking for some extra peace of mind, there's a program in here to suit your needs.

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    pckitty4427 , November 11, 2012 7:33 AM
    emad_ramlawiYAY!, i work at Genie9, glad to hear its finally gets the attention that it deserved, thanks tom hardware, for not missing our software, and including it, its really a great backup software that sometimes gets overlooked or is the underdog.To be brute honest:I am not a spammer, i had this account since ages in tom hardware site, and have plenty of threads in forums so go look if your interested, i like reading tom hardware, especially there hardware reviews, and cloud videos, and i use Genie Timeline 2012 on daily basis, and its really great software, and works as charm, however it meant to to be a total reliable file backup software, and it works great that way, if you want like backing up your whole drive, you cant go wrong with imaging and using something like CloneZilla, i personally use G4L (Ghost for Linux), and its works great, but if you need a real time backup software, that backs up your important files you cant go wrong with Timeline Pro, which is backup interval is 3mins and not 8 hours.I really still dont know why clients backup there whole C drive nowadays, from inside windows, it creates alot of conflicts, and anti-virus thinks the backup program is malware, and VSS service gets overloaded, like for the love of god people, you can reinstall Windows, but you cant reinstall your important data, and let me tell you this reinstalling windows 8 is pleasure, no kidding, the installer talkes to you Just my 2 centsOh, i work as tech support and abit of QA in genie9, and we will release something really great in a very short while


    Hi

    I've been using Genie Timeline for a few weeks now, and I love it. You guys have really done a good job, especially in the UI. It definitely beats all the other backup programs aesthetic-wise.

    I also love how I just have to plug in my hard drive and the software does all the work. I don't even have to think about it.

    Thanks for a great product.
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    john_4 , November 9, 2012 8:38 PM
    I don't care what anyone says, that is one ugly UI.
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    emad_ramlawi , November 9, 2012 4:55 PM
    YAY!, i work at Genie9, glad to hear its finally gets the attention that it deserved, thanks tom hardware, for not missing our software, and including it, its really a great backup software that sometimes gets overlooked or is the underdog.

    To be brute honest:

    I am not a spammer, i had this account since ages in tom hardware site, and have plenty of threads in forums so go look if your interested, i like reading tom hardware, especially there hardware reviews, and cloud videos, and i use Genie Timeline 2012 on daily basis, and its really great software, and works as charm, however it meant to to be a total reliable file backup software, and it works great that way, if you want like backing up your whole drive, you cant go wrong with imaging and using something like CloneZilla, i personally use G4L (Ghost for Linux), and its works great, but if you need a real time backup software, that backs up your important files you cant go wrong with Timeline Pro, which is backup interval is 3mins and not 8 hours.

    I really still dont know why clients backup there whole C drive nowadays, from inside windows, it creates alot of conflicts, and anti-virus thinks the backup program is malware, and VSS service gets overloaded, like for the love of god people, you can reinstall Windows, but you cant reinstall your important data, and let me tell you this reinstalling windows 8 is pleasure, no kidding, the installer talkes to you :) 

    Just my 2 cents

    Oh, i work as tech support and abit of QA in genie9, and we will release something really great in a very short while
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