2026-04-30

5 Popular Data Backup Freewares

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Data Backup Freewares The post consists of programs for making duplicate copies of your computer files, digital photos, music, movies, or anything else on your hard drive or portable device that you’d like to duplicate in case of accident or catastrophe.

1. Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Edition (32 bit)
Back up and restore your Windows system.

Paragon Backup & Recovery 10.2 Free Edition – a disaster recovery tool for stand-alone Windows-based PCs. Combining all the existing backup techniques and exclusive recovery environments, this latest edition satisfies the needs of even the most demanding user and is simply the most powerful free backup tool available today.

Paragon launches 2 versions of Backup & Recovery 10.2. 32-bit provides support for 32-bit systems. And 64-bit for 64-bit Operating Systems. Paragon Backup & Recovery 10.2 Free Edition allows you to take complete control of your PC’s safety. Based on solid commercial backup and recovery software from Paragon, it has a rich set of features that you can trust. Simple to install and easy to use.

2. Macrium Reflect Free
Create, burn, and back up disk images.

Macrium Reflect Free Edition. An award winning disk imaging solution for free. A complete disaster recovery solution for your home and office. Protect your personal documents, photos, music and e-mails. Upgrade your hard disk or try new operating systems in the safe knowledge that everything is securely saved in an easily recovered backup file. Macrium Reflect supports backup to local, network and USB drives as well as burning to all DVD formats. This version is for non-commercial home use.

What’s new in this version:
Version 4.2 build 2733 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

3. Easeus Todo Backup
Back up and restore data on your system, partition, or hard disk.

EASEUS Todo Backup is a backup and restore solution for a good reason: with detailed instruction wizards, your computer will be in a safe condition within minutes without the help of an IT specialist to backup your system state, partition and disk. EASEUS Todo Backup can backup your system partition to quickly get the system up and running in the event of a system crash or hardware failure. It allows you to backup and restore disk or partition after viruses attack, unstable software download, hard drive failure. Meanwhile, EASEUS Todo Backup is useful if you want to upgrade the older smaller hard disk without reinstalling the operating system and applications once again.

4. Second Backup Free Edition
Easy-to-use file backup and folder sync tool.

Second Backup is an easy-to-use file backup and sync tool, it can archive multiple versions backed up copies for different time (for example, the first copy for Monday is ‘Backup_1’, the second copy for Tuesday is ‘Backup_2’). Automatically backup your important data (includes opening/using files and folders) to external hard drive, USB disk, network, and other storage device. Intuitive interface makes it easy to use, simply tell it which file or folder to backup, where and when to archive them, then it works reliably in the background and uses very little system resources. The backup task can be directed only copy the new or modified files, it monitors the source files and automatically backups the new or changed file to the destination. Automatic scheduling includes specific days of the week, days of the month, hours of the day, or any desired time intervals. E-mail notification lets you know the file backup status anytime and anywhere.

Note: It says it’s “free” and even has “Free Edition” in it’s name but it’s a 30 day evaluation copy which says after 30 days you must buy it.

5. FBackup
Protect your files/folders from data loss.

FBackup is freeware backup program for Windows. FBackup protects your important files and folders from partial or total loss by automating backup tasks, password protecting and compressing it to save storage space. Using FBackup you can easily backup to any local or network drive or to external drives (such as USB drives). FBackup can backup open/locked files and it can perform full and mirror backups (backup type that does not compress the files).

When defining a backup you can also set file filters and schedule the backup for automatic execution. You can run predefined backups, such as My Documents, My Pictures, or Outlook Express and load backup plug-ins that will back up the settings and data of specific applications. FBackup has ZIP64 support (can create backups over 2GB) and creates standard ZIP files, meaning that you can access it with any zip compatible utility.

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database data recovery

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Case:Mr. Hu works at a software development company. Due to the hot weather recently, the company’s database is paralyzed, and the technicians have also been repaired through methods, but the data inside failed to recover. Solution:Under the introduction of a friend, Mr. Hu got the hard disk to the data recovery company for inspection.After careful…

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Top 10 worst computer viruses (Storm & Melissa)

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worst computer viruses6. Storm
Shaun Nichols: Before Conficker came around and got everyone worked into a lather, Storm was the big bad botnet on the block. First appearing in early 2007 as a fake news video on European flooding, the Storm malware menaced users for more than a year.

The huge botnet was also influential for its continued use of social engineering tactics. The malware disguised itself as everything from video files to greeting cards, and attacks were continuously refreshed to coincide with holidays and current news events.

While Storm has since been eclipsed by newer botnets, the name still brings to mind one of the most menacing attacks seen in recent years.

Iain Thomson: When extreme weather hit Europe the damage was bad enough, but the Storm code made things much worse. At a time when many were seriously concerned about the health and safety of friends and family, the last thing anyone needed was an infection.

But Storm was a classic piece of social engineering. At a time when people are concerned they don’t always  think of the consequences, be it approving torture or opening an email attachment.

This kind of social networking is nothing new, of course, but the Storm malware did it very well indeed and proved very effective as a result.

5. Melissa
Shaun Nichols: It was a classic love story. Boy meets girl, girl dances for money, boy goes home and writes computer virus for girl, computer virus gets out of hand and causes millions of dollars in damage. It’s the Romeo and Juliet of our time.

When a New Jersey hacker wrote a small bit of code named after a stripper he met in Florida, he had no idea of the chaos that would ensue. The Melissa virus, as it came to be known, got way, way out of hand.

The virus spread like wildfire throughout the net, and an unintended effect of the worm led to a glut of email traffic that overflowed servers and caused tons of damage and lost work time to corporate IT systems.

The hacker himself was later caught and sentenced to a year and half in prison. Next time he wants to impress a girl, hopefully he’ll stick to chocolates and jewelery.

Iain Thomson: Now, I’ve done some stupid things to impress girls, things that cause me to bite my fist with embarrassment nowadays and one that left me with a small amount of scar tissue, but writing a computer virus makes these pale by comparison.

The real damage of Melissa was not in the code itself, but in its spamming capabilities. The software caused a massive overload of email systems and generated enough traffic to make it highly visible. Current computer malware writers have taken note of code like Melissa and now fly much lower under the wire to attract less attention.

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HDD Capital Spending in 2012 and Beyond

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In order to repair the damage to the HDD supply chain from the 2011 Thailand floods as well as meet the increasing need for digital storage the hard disk drive industry must continue to make investments in capital equipment and production facilities.  Future increases in HDD areal density as well as increasing unit sales will drive significant capital spending investments that will impact the revenues of companies such as Anelva, Hitachi High Technologies, Innovative Instruments, Intevac, KLA Tencor, Teradyne, Xyratex, Veeco, and many others in the next few years.

The 2012 Hard Disk Drive Capital Equipment and Technology Report provides 207 pages of in-depth analysis of technology developments and capital equipment spending to sustain the growth and development of the hard disk drive industry.  Some highlights from the 2012 report include:

169% growth in HDD capital spending is expected from 2011 to 2016, driven by three factors:  unit shipment increases of 167%, the introduction of new HDD technologies such as HAMR and the replacement and repair of equipment damaged in the 2011 Thailand floods.

Between CQ4 2011 and CQ4 2012 over $1 B in capital spending is expected to repair or replace equipment and facilities damaged in the Thailand floods.

HDD and component companies have more cash to invest in equipment and technology development in 2012 and 2013, due to higher drive demand, limited drive supply and higher HDD prices.

Total industry spending on capital equipment in 2012 is expected to be about $2.4 B with 72% of this spent on process equipment, 21% on production test and 7% on metrology.

Average HDD capital equipment spending per year between 2008 and 2016 is estimated at about 7.2% of HDD industry revenue, with this percentage increasing in the last years of this period due to new technology introductions.

HDD areal density has slowed to 20-25% annually but 3.5-inch HDDs with storage capacities of 12 TB and 2.5-inch HDDs with 6 TB are expected by 2016.

Lower AD growth will drive more components per drive and thus more capital spending on head and media production equipment in coming years.

Industry consolidation and recovery from the Thailand shortages will result in higher HDD prices than 2011 at least until 2014 and likely HDD prices will flatten out about 10-15% higher than in 2011—this will help fund expensive new technology transitions by 2015-2016 and increase areal density growth rates to 40+% CAGR.

The normal capital equipment cycle will likely be re-established by 2014.  Capital purchases in 2014 and later will be driven by increasing unit demand (assumed 14% annual growth) as well as the introduction of heat assisted magnetic recording in 2015 and 2016.

The 2012 Hard Disk Drive Capital Equipment and Technology Report is now available from Coughlin Associates. To find out more about this report please see the brochure at http://www.tomcoughlin.com/techpapers.htm

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