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Monday, July 6th, 2009An Overview of Three Popular Online Backup Services
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009James Fohl is a contributor at Free-backup.info — the home of the popular tool for personal online backup — Back2zip. This article can be found at http://free-backup.info/an-overview-of-three-popular-online-backup-services.html
An Overview of Three Popular Online Backup Services
There are a great number of online backup services on the internet, and choosing one is a difficult one. If you continue reading, you will get an overview of three very popular online backup services; .mac, ibackup, and backup.com
A very easy to use online backup service is provided to subscribers of Apple’s .mac online service.
Apple gives every subscriber of their .mac service two hundred and fifty megabytes of web space that users may use for online backup and their email. It’s kind of a combined deal; the amount of space that you actually are able to use for online backup purposes depends on how much of the space you would like to use for your email.
The .mac service charges a flat fee of $99 a year, and also has several other services targeted primarily towards Apple computer users. Any owner of a new Apple computer can use the service to two months for free, as well as get a $30 discount on a subscription.
While the .mac service is primarily targeted towards Mac Os X users, Apple also provides software tools for Windows XP that users are able to use to access their dedicated online backup space.
If you are one of the few Apple users out there, then .mac is the perfect option for you. You’ll get enough space to make online backups of your small files, as well as several other utilities for your computer. Windows users should try and stay away from this service, as several other services exist for their platform that are far more powerful.
Ibackup.com is the best online backup service provider for users who demand a lot of space for their files.
The next online backup provider, is the original, ibackup.com ibackup.com is the king online backup provider on the internet. They have several service plans, including an economy plan that is priced at $9.95 a month, and includes a very impressive five gigabytes of storage.
Not only do you get more storage than you’ll know what to do with, but you also get access to a wide variety of free software tools provided by ibackup to easily upload and download your files.
iBackup.com also provides users with a thirty day free trial, however they request a credit card number before you can start the trial. If you find out that the online backup service is not exactly what you needed, be sure to quickly cancel your account. Failure to do so will result in your credit card account being charged for the service.
Backup.com is an excellent online backup service for users who do not need much space, yet do not wish to pay a lot either.
Backup.com also has online backup services that vary with the needs of the computer user. Plans start at a mere $4.25 a month for fifty megabytes of online space. This is perhaps the best bang for your buck as far as commercial online backup services go.
All three of the above services provide users with a fair amount of online space to backup or just store their personal files. Picking the right service provider is totally up to you, because everyone has their own set of needs when it comes to online backup services.
Some Things to Know about Ps2 Backup
Friday, May 22nd, 2009Walter Stevens is a contributor at Free-backup.info — the home of the popular tool for online backup and recovery — Back2zip. This article can be found at http://free-backup.info/some-things-to-know-about-ps2-backup.html
Can I Backup My PS2 Games?
Everyone loves the PS2, but can we backup our PS2 games so that we will always have a copy of our favorite game? While the process has not been perfected yet, it is possible to backup your PS2 games. In order to do so, however, you will need to have the right software and the right hardware.
Requirements for PS2 Backup
It is possible to backup your PS2 games both onto a CD-R or a DVD-R. It is easier with DVD-R, as PS2 works with DVDs and a DVD-R has the size required to hold a complete PS2 game on it. If you work with CD-Rs, you will first have to compress your video game in such a way that you will be able to run the game, and this can be quite difficult. There are programs in existence that will allow you to do this, but it can be quite difficult and might not always work for your PS2 backup.
It is far easier to work with the DVD-R format, but this will require you to have a DVD Burner, as well as the required software.
One of the most powerful software tools for PS2 backup is DVD Wizard Pro. You can also use this program to backup your DVDs, but it has a special interface developed solely for the backup of console games such as PS2. It is a very powerful program as well as easy to use, and can prove to be a very useful program for you and your PS2 Backup.
In order to play your PS2 backups on your PS2 machine, you will also need to modify the hardware of your PS2. In order to protect against piracy, PS2 manufacturers have developed a system which makes it impossible for you to play your backup games. However, if you install a mod chip into your PS2, you will be able to circumvent this programming and play your PS2 backup games. The mod chip will also allow you to play games and DVDs which contain different regional encodings.
Regional encoding is a process built into PS2 and DVD technology which allows DVDs and games bought in certain regions (such as the United States and Canada, which is Region 1) to be played only on machines with the same regional encoding.
How Much Does It Cost to Backup My PS2 Games?
The cost of PS2 backup is expensive, but most of these expenses are first time expenses. You will require a DVD burner, or at least a CD burner, and these can cost 100 dollars or more. You will also need the software which will allow you to burn your PS2 games, a program such as DVD Wizard Pro costs about 40 dollars. However, once you have bought these things, you never have to purchase them again.
You will only need to pay for the actual DVD-Rs on which you are burning your game, and you can purchase these for less than a dollar each if you buy them in bulk. It has never been cheaper to backup your PS2 games.
