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DVD
Backup Made Easy
If
you are running backups on a regular basis, you have probably
come across the problem that CDRs or CDRWs are simply to small
for some backups. While you could split your backups to multiple
CDs, this is not a very good solution if you have to backup
10GBs of data. The solution to this problem is to use DVDRs or
DVDRWs instead. Since a DVD can easily store as much as 7 CDs,
you could backup 5 to 10 GBs to a single DVD with a little
compression. Using DVDs instead of CDs will speed up large
backups considerably and will also greatly simplify storage.
Compression
In order to use the DVD media more efficiently you will probably
want to compress your backup before writing it to the DVD.
Compression can often reduce the size of a backup by 50% or
more, doubling the capacity of your DVDs. A DVDR can usually
store 4.7GBs of data and with compression you should be able to
store about 10GBs on a single DVD. If you have ever tried to
compress a 10GB file you probably know that this will take a lot
of time. If you have a 20GB harddrive you might also have a
problem storing the temporary uncompressed backup file. Since
WinBackup compresses files on-the-fly backup operations are
performed considerably faster. The built-in compression also
reduces the need for a large temporary storage location and
makes it much easier to run large backups to DVD-R or DVD-RW.
Encryption
When storing backups on CDs or DVDs, security can easily become
a problem. Since DVDs can easily get lost or even stolen, you
need to protect your backups from unauthorized access by using
some kind of password protection or even encryption. A backup
often contains emails, important documents and other sensitive
information. In fact, if you backup your entire harddrive, your
backup could even contain passwords to computers and websites.
WinBackup allows you to password protect and encrypt your
backups with up to 256 bit encryption, making it virtually
impossible for anyone without the correct password to access
your files. Since encryption can be performed automatically on
all backups you do not need to worry about security every time
to save a backup to DVD.
Integrated
DVD Writing
Even though many pc owners have a DVD writer installed in their
computer, surprisingly few use it to backup important data. One
reason for this could be that many users feel that writing to
DVDs is a little complicated. With WinBackup this is no longer
true. WinBackups integrated CD/DVD writing features makes it
easier than ever before to write backups directly to CDs or DVDs
without knowing anything about DVD Writing. Storing your backup
on a DVD is as simple as inserting an empty DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD-RAM, DVD+R or DVD+RW into your DVD Writer and clicking on
"Run Backup". You can even leave a DVDRW in the DVD
writer and schedule WinBackup to automatically update the
contents daily. WinBackup also makes it easy to backup emails,
documents or internet favorites with built-in shortcuts to
important user data.
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