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Solutions for Online Data Backup Woes

Have you ever considered of online data backup options whenever you are on a computer system and are unable to create a backup of your data because you lack the appropriate media? Let's face it, everyone has found themselves in a situation where they had just completed some important work and have no way of transporting it to their home computer system.

Luckily, several online data backup options exist, and with the expansion of broadband internet, these options are starting to become really popular.

Probably the greatest option for users seeking online data backup solutions is to either simply send a copy of the file(s) to yourself in an email (using a free web mail service) or uploading the file to a web / FTP server.

If the file, or piece of data you wish to create an online backup copy of is relatively small, you should probably just consider sending yourself a copy of the file using one of the many free internet email services. You can either use your web mail account, or if you do not have a web mail account can simply create an account with one of the literally thousands of free web mail providers.

If sending the file to yourself in an email is not your cup of tea, you can also upload the file to one of the many free web servers, such as Geocities or Tripod. These options are not only easy, but also cheap since they are one hundred percent free.

Commercial services, such as iBackup.com provide customers with online data backup services for a monthly fee. While these services cost money, many users find that it is well worth it considering all of the tools the services tend to provide to their customers.

Besides the options mentioned above, several online services exist primarily for data backup. While most of these services charge a monthly fee, they are dedicated to providing their users with a wide variety of tools for online data backup. Ibackup.com is widely considered to be one of the best online data backup services, considering that it is also one of the original services.

While most of the online data backup services are not free, Yahoo members can find a service known as Yahoo! Briefcase to be a free alternative to the other services.

Another option for Yahoo users is to utilize Yahoo's free Briefcase service. It is basically a stripped down version of the popular pay services mentioned above only with limited web space and only a few tools for uploading your data.

If you do not wish to pay for such a service, than you should probably reconsider just sending yourself a copy of the file via email, or uploading a copy of the file to a web / ftp server. It may be a little bit more work than simply using a web browser to upload a copy of the files to a backup service, but remember that it is still free.

James Fohl 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/solutions-for-online-data-backup-woes.html