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Originally Posted by bigsanta11
So how does that work,if you're computer goes t up,how are you going to access an online system to restore your pc ??????
Buy a usb hard disk,and just back your stuff onto that,and create some system image disks on it also for peace of mind,then if you have to restore anything at least you know it's right within easy access .Online storage has too many flaws to be reliable in a crisis,point already proved.
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It's a data backup service not a bare metal recovery service. You are still responsible for making sure you have working copies of your system recovery disks (or just an O/S disk) in case of O/S HDD failure.
With that in mind, it works like this. PC HDD dies, you whack in a new one and reinstall O/S then install the online backup software and a few hours later all your files are restored and you're back to where you started from. Pretty simple concept really.
There are other perks too:-
> It's off-site so, God forbid, in the event of a house fire the on-line storage is unaffected whereas you would lose your PC and your USB backup HDD and you'd be stuffed.
> It's fully automated, so you don't have to have a USB device (or PC/NAS in the attic!) permanently connected to your PC. Great if you've got a laptop (which I do).
> You can set your files to automatically synchronise between all your PCs (including work and home PCs) so if you alter a document and save it on one PC it will be automatically updated on the other a soon as you switch it on.
> You can access all your data from any PC with an internet connection anywhere in the world.
> You can keep unlimited previous versions of files and access all deleted files indefinitely according to how you configure your settings.
You are right about VStuff having too many flaws, which is why several of us are using other online backup services that don't have any flaws. Online storage is the new backup solution of choice. As it gets cheaper and cheaper, speeds get quicker, and becomes integrated into the O/S, backing up to USB drives/NAS boxes/other PCs will become a thing of the past.