Fair Backup

Run your backups easily, efficiently and securely. Learn basic backup guidelines on how to improve your file storage, accessibility and security.

Why backup?

It is all good when you have your files safe and sound. But what happens if you need a previous file version due to the changes you made a second ago, or a file simply gets deleted or worse?

What backup?

Everything is quite simple - backup all files with important data. Most likely, this will be your important files, stored in the “My Documents” folder, your Outlook or Outlook Express files, your images or photos, settings files for various programs, like browsers, file managers, etc.

Read more on what can be backed up.

When to backup?

The backup schedule depends on a variety of things - it is unique in every situation. A backup should be conducted at least weekly, or better yet daily.

Read more about backup scheduling.

Where to backup?

A backup medium, the place where your files will be located, is as important as other factors involved. Each backup medium is best suitable for a certain set of files, time conditions or one’s prefernces or desires.

Read how to choose a backup medium.

How to backup?

Just copying files to a backup medium is enough to restore a file if required. However, what if you have a large set of files to backup, a small backup medium or want to backup quickly?

Read about backup files compression.

Are backups secure?

What? There is yet something left unveiled? Yes, if you want your files to be unaccesible to others, you would rather have them encrypted.

Read about backup encryption.

Is Fair Backup at all achievable?

Why, yes, of course. Taking into account the above mentioned backup factors one can hope for a quite efficient backup.