Working at your computer, you create new files and edit existing ones every day. They are usually stored on your PC's hard or solid state drive or USB stick. Files created over the years can be destroyed in an instant if you do not take care of their safety today. Free utility Exiland Backup will help you to reliably protect your data from all troubles at once.
In the world of information technology, where almost all processes are automated, there are many threats and loopholes for theft and corruption of data, which can be used by unscrupulous people or even real professionals in the shadow IT industry.
The security of your files is the key to peace of mind
For us, ordinary PC users, the most valuable files are family photos and videos - they contain our whole life, documents and project files - they contain all our work, email correspondence - they contain our communication.
In reality, it is difficult to imagine a person's indifference to their work or personal files, since data almost always represents the value in which labor and time are invested. Loss of data usually creates a lot of unplanned work to recover it.
To protect against external threats - almost every PC user installs an anti-virus program that blocks most viruses and attacks from the network.
But few people think about other dangers. This is:
- PC hard drive breakdown
- flash drive failure
- Windows file system crash
- operation of ransomware viruses
- unwanted changes to files by the user
- fire and other natural disasters
There are many reasons for losing files, and it is not so easy to protect against all of them.
In reality, it is difficult to imagine a person's indifference to their work or personal files, since data almost always represents the value in which labor and time are invested.
Fortunately, there is still a solution and it is very simple - to regularly create backups of especially important files to other media (USB flash drive, external hard drive, another PC on the local network, Yandex. Disk cloud, etc.). In case of loss of files, you can easily restore them from a backup.
You can manually create copies of your work files every day, but you can forget to do so.
Fortunately, there are simple automatic backup programs.
Let's take a look at how to back up photos and videos using Exiland Backup
Exiland Backup is the simplest and most convenient program from a Russian developer and it works 20% faster than analogues. It was created both for home PC users and for backing up files of workstations and servers.
So, first, download Exiland Backup Free from the official website https://exiland-backup.com/en/backup-download.html and install it.
Start and create 1 new task using the "Create" button.
Specify the type of backup: Full (Full Backup)
Specify the folder / folders with photos / videos or any other files you want to copy
Specify where to save the backups, for example to an external hard drive connected to your PC's USB port. Or to the Yandex. Disk cloud (10GB of cloud space is provided free of charge). To do this, you will have to create a Yandex account.
You can leave the rest of the task parameters as default.
If you set a schedule, for example, every 3 hours, then wait for the task to automatically start. Alternatively, start the task manually.
The result of the program's work is the created backup. With the help of a program or a Windows window, you can enter it and copy the necessary files from it in case of damage or loss.
TIP: Make it a rule to regularly create backups (1 time per day or 1 time per week) and your files, your work will be reliably protected from loss.
This program supports compression and encryption, multi-threaded copying of large amounts of data (millions of files), copying site files via SFTP, has a simple Russian-language interface and good technical support on the manufacturer's website (Exiland Software).
Exiland Backup Professional is a leader among similar utilities in Russia and the CIS countries, was registered with Rospatent, approved by the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation for Intellectual Property in 2018.
