I've been testing PC and mobile software for more than 20 years, focusing on photo and video editing, operating systems, and web browsers. Prior to my current role, I covered software and apps for ...

Instant recovery makes backups directly accessible for quick restoration of files but also enables checking whether the backup system itself is actually working. The concept of instant recovery is ...

We list the best photo recovery apps, to make it simple and easy to restore missing images and other graphics files.

eWeek content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More A backup and recovery strategy should address both data ...

Recovering deleted text messages on Android is difficult, and the best strategy is to have Google Drive back up your phone.

You’ve got a regular backup regime, but now it’s time to restore. But do you know where your data is? And can you access and use it? This should be well-understood IT and data infrastructure practice, ...

There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...

Many companies that we engage mistakenly believe that their routine backup operations have them covered in an outage or disaster. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard a CIO say, “Our data is ...

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 ...

Until recently the extent of my backup efforts was to take the occasional CD copy of my home directory and keep copies of important files somewhere else, usually on another disk partition or a floppy ...

When an iPod enters recovery mode, it needs to be connected to iTunes and reset. As a business owner, you probably need your iPod to store important audio, music and other media for presentations and ...