Ming Lai wants to know how backup programs handle files that are currently open and changing. Ming actually asked something much more specific: How does Mozy backup open TrueCrypt vault files. I’ll ...

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 ...

Hard drives and SSDs have a habit of failing at inopportune moments (although when is a good time for storage to fail?), underscoring how important having a regular backup strategy is for keeping your ...

Data backup is an essential, yet often neglected, part of running a successful small business. Your business is vulnerable to unstable power grids, hackers, failing hardware, new employees, and ...

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...

IvyBackup sports a clean look, and saves in common Zip and VHD formats. However, it didn’t check if there was enough space for its image backups, which caused some unlogged failures. I was expecting ...

In this article, Stellar highlights the possible causes behind this Outlook data file error and explain the troubleshooting ...

If you notice that the date of the latest File History backup on your Windows 11/10 hasn’t changed after the last automatic backup operation, even though you have the default set to run daily and keep ...

A compressed version of files, popularly known as zipped files are convenient but also prone to errors. So, when you attempt to open such files using freeware utilities like 7-Zip, you may encounter ...

WhatsApp backups can grow fast, but you can shrink them by turning off video backups, deleting unnecessary media, moving files out of the WhatsApp folder, using a separate Google account for storage, ...