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Save Time and Protect Your Data With Three Next-Generation Tools

(How To) Drop USB for eSATA, swap your notebook hard drive for flash, and try a super recovery utility.

Back Up Your Files Online Without Even Trying

(How To) Use online services to create automatic backups of your files while you work on them as usual.

How to Avoid the Top Five Disc-Burning Mistakes

(How To) How to Avoid the Top Five Disc-Burning Mistakes

Hassle-Free PC: Smart Fixes for Audio and Video Hassles

(How To) Record any audio stream, fix Windows AutoPlay, and save Internet videos.

Answer Line: Move All of Your Valuable Data to a New Partition

(howto) Answer Line: Move All of Your Valuable Data to a New Partition

Squash CD and Printer Annoyances

(howto) Squash CD and Printer Annoyances

Keep Your Data Backups Safe, Simple, and Fast

(howto) Keep Your Data Backups Safe, Simple, and Fast

Preserve Your Most Vital Data for the Long Haul

(howto) Preserve Your Most Vital Data for the Long Haul

For Safe Backups, Think Outside the Box

(howto) For Safe Backups, Think Outside the Box

Online Backup Services

(howto) Online Backup Services

Better Backups

(howto) We test fast, vast, and cheap new storage options that take the pain out of keeping your vital data safe.

Step-By-Step: Burn Your Own DVDs for Backup or Video Playback

(howto) Here's how to install a DVD drive and transfer videotape to DVD.

Get in a Good Habit: Back Up Your Data

(howto) If you don't back up your entire hard drive, you should at least protect the vital bits. Here's how to get started.

Full Disclosure: Backing Up: Still Hard to Do

(howto) Everybody needs a backup strategy. Here's mine.

Answer Line: Easy Backups With WinZip and Freeware

(howto) Use a simple batch file and a few downloads to put backups into .zip archives. Plus: Will your PC boot from USB?

Answer Line: How Do I Restore My Windows Registry?

(howto) Also: Restore settings that software updates have altered; back up networked computers easily.

Mobile Computing: Backup Strategies for the Road

(howto) Travel is always dodgey; protect your data and worry less.

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