Because, we know that one gloomy day, an inevitable incident will make us lose data, no matter however hard we try or whatever means we use to keep it safe.

I always wondered if I could really keep my data safe from system crash or attack from an immutable sticky virus without spending a penny. And, Bravo! I’ve found an online storage solution.

The following techniques can be applied to backup data:

1.Using a spare drive to backup data, which will force money out of your wallet.

2.Use a software backup or save data (both free & paid softwares ).

3. Free Online File Backup Services.

At Tnerd, we understand the importance of holding data, its back up and recovery. So, in this post, we bring you another web service which allows you to backup your data for free. It’s Windows Live Skydrive by Microsoft which provides you 25GB of free internet storage.

Before I delve into the detail about the course, let me tell you, there are innumerous websites, that allow you to backup data online for free, but we’ll be dealing with Windows Like Skydrive in the article.

Microsoft Windows Live Skydrive is a web service which allows you to store backups of your data online. For 25 GB of password protected storage.

Step 1: To begin with, you’ll need to create a windows Live ID, click here to do so. If you already have one or once you have created an ID, just log in to your account.

Step 2 : Select a folder category listed on the screen or click on create to create a new folder.

Step 3: Once you have selected the folder, click on ‘Add Files‘ on the left side above the folders and browse for files, you want to upload. Remember, you can upload a max file size of up to 50MB per file.

Step 4: Click the Upload Button, when you are down specified the path of files to be uploaded on the web.

Step 5: Hurray, you are done! Repeat the process (step 3-4 only if you are logged in) to upload as many files you want and keep your data safe.

The Windows Live Skydrive not only allows you to backup up to 25GB of your important data online, but you can also access the data from the web, even when you are not home. Just log in to your Windows Live Skydrive account, select a folder and select the file to download.

You can even share your files or data with other people or restrict the visibility of your data to your ownself. Isn’t it just great, all the privacy you need and a complete data backup solution as just a few clicks? It’s amazing.

Hope this will help you. Anything good and relevant to the post that we’ve missed to report, do let us know. Meanwhile, try out this free service and rejoice!

Update :

Click here to read about other online storage / data backup services.

Here are some more related websites you should like -

http://www.sosonlinebackup.com (Updated as per Sandy’s comment ).

http://www.adrive.com/

http://www.idrive.com/

http://www.buddybackup.com/

Karen’s Replicator is a free backup and synchronization utility which will backup files, directories, drives from one drive/folder to another, including network drives. It also does scheduled backups, without the need of you remembering to do a backup again!

Here’s what you need to know about Karen’s Replicator and how you should be able to use it once you have installed it. (Click here to download)

For the purpose of this article I tried backing up a folder and it did what I was exactly looking for. Once you open the Application click on “New Job” as shown below.

Karen’s Replicator will allow you to choose the source and backup destinations as shown in the image.

Next you can click on the Change Schedule and set it as per your requirements or how and when you need the application to back your files up as shown below.

Karen’s replicator can be scheduled to run at a certain time each day or each hour or week or month (you can even go down to minute level). Typically the first backups takes a while, but after that it’s a quick process because the program only looks at files that have been changed.

Karen’s Replicator also gives you the option of setting up filters for the type of files that you do NOT want to back up. For example, shortcuts (.lnk ) or temp (.tmp) files. You can set these rules per folder or across the board.

The program is set by default to copy changed files (will compare sizes and dates of last modification), but you could easily change these settings for each folder/group of folders if you want to.
Global Exclusion is another feature of the program which allows you to skip the entire drives, folders, or specific files while replicating.

Karen’s Replicator will not backup your files online to an FTP nor is it a zip backup utility.

I’ve been looking for a good free backup utility for some time now, and I have definitely found it. I highly recommend this program. Click here to download.