Cobian Backup 11, Now With Backup Encryption

Cobian Backup is a popular free backup solution for the Windows operating system. The program has made it into our free backup software list thanks to its feature set and the fact that it is regularly updated by the developing company. The developers of Cobian Backup have released a beta version of the upcoming Cobian Backup 11 today, which gives everyone an opportunity to test the new version before the final is released.

The program does not look that different on first start. Backups are still configured as tasks in the main program window. Here it is then possible to define the backup parameters, from sources to backup types security, notifications and whether you’d like to run the backups regularly or just once.

A new scheduling feature is the ability to run specific backups on the first, second, third, fourth or last day of a month, and to make full backups on a specific day of the week or every x backups if incremental or differential backups are selected.

Another new feature allows you to encrypt backups. Cobian supports 128, 192, and 256 bit AES encryption that need to be configured under Archive in the task setup window.

Many minor improvements and feature additions went into the beta version, from configuring task priorities and linking tasks to events, over a full rewrite of the remote manager, to improved impersonation options. If you are interested in all of the changes, check out the beta changelog at the official site.

The beta version of Cobian Backup 11 supports all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows from Windows XP on to the very latest versions. The beta did not cause any issues on the test system, but it is still not recommended to run it in a productive environment. Better wait for the final release before installing or upgrading. (via)

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After Megaupload, How To Backup Your Online Files

Users who have been using the file hosting service Megaupload to host their own files were in for quite a shock when they received notice that authorities had taken down all company servers and files. For some it meant to upload the files again to another file hosting service, others who only had copies of the files on the hosting site realized that they did not have options to get their files back.

Uploading files to just another hoster is however no guarantee that the files stay available for a longer time. It should be clear by now that you need to have backups available either locally or in another location to reduce the likelihood that you will lose the data completely.

Mirror Services

One option that you have is to use so called mirror services such as Mirror Creator to distribute the files to multiple online hosting services. If one or two go down, you still have them available on others that you have selected.

The process of uploading files to those hosters is almost identical, with the difference that you cannot make use of existing accounts and their benefits.

Select files that you want to upload from your computer. A file limit is always displayed, in the case of MirrorCreator it is 500 Megabytes for free users.Select the file hosting services you want to distribute your files to. Free users can select up to ten services.Start to upload the files once, the mirror creation service will take care of the rest.

Here is a short list of file mirror creation services:

Gazup! – Supports six services in total, maximum file size 400 Megabyte if only four are selected.Upload On All – Supports 12 services in total of which ten can be selected for distribution. Maximum file size is 300 Megabytes per upload.Digzip – Lets you pick eight mirrors from a list of 18. Maximum upload size is 200 Megabytes.Multi Upload – Upload to a total of nine different file hosting servicesUpload Mirrors – Select up to 14 mirror servers where you want your files to be hosted. No information about file size limitations posted on site.

You can search for file hosting mirrors and similar phrases to find more services that distribute files for you.

Nothing changes for free users who stay below the upload maximum. Users who need to upload larger files have a few options as well. They could split the files using software like 7-zip or Haozip for this. Other services may be offered, for instance the option to delete uploads again, that are not available when mirror uploading services are used.

If you want to use a specific service, for instance because of the account benefits it provides, you should consider backing up your data at a second cloud hosting service to avoid total data loss if that particular services is no longer available. A suggestion here would be to use a backup and synchronization provider like Dropbox, or if more storage space is required Skydrive from Microsoft. This means however that you will have to upload the files at least twice for this. You could alternatively back them on a local device if you do not want to waste the bandwidth.

Have another suggestion? Lets discuss it in the comments.

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