Data Backup Software and Service

Backing up your files and folders by dragging and dropping them onto an external hard drive is a less-than-ideal safety plan. For starters, it just backs up your files, not your entire system. Worse, you have to actually remember to do it. Norton Save & Restore 2.0 takes most of the pain out of setting up a backup plan by automating much of the process.

Save & Restore 2.0 breaks down into two toolsets: backup and recovery. Upon installation, a wizard steps you through setting up your initial backup routine. In fact, the only decision you have to make is where you want to back up your data, and Save & Restore will tell you your options. Internal hard drives, as well as USB and FireWire external drives are supported, as are optical drives and (for those of you with a wayback machine) Iomega Zip and Jaz drives. The software can back up your entire drive, or just one file or folder. One option missing, though, is the ability to back up files to an offsite, online storage service.