Lee Clemmer at Bright Hub writes:
Cucku has a feature set you wouldn't expect from a free service. Unlimited backup size, automatic local and online backup, file version support and restore, deleted file restore, as well as locked file backup are all included. Backup of external and network drives is a welcome feature as well. Some free online backup solutions are only free until you need to restore. Cucku allows you to restore without paying. Along with this impressive feature set, Cucku notes that you will also be a "Backup Hero for a Friend".
Check out the full Cucku Backup Review and also Lee's article The Pros and Cons of Online Backup vs. Local Backup.
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posted by Rob on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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In 2.10 we introduced a new To Do List:
You'll see this pop up once a day to remind you to complete four most important steps to ensure that your data is fully protected:
- Run a local backup. Most of the time you'll have completed this step before you see the To Do list - by default Cucku picks sensible defaults and runs the first backup straight after the setup wizard.
- Store the local backup on a different drive. While Cucku is designed to send your files safely offsite you really want to store your backup on a separate drive. By doing this you can recover from most situations from the local backup and you'll only need the remote backup for real disasters.
- Add a backup partner. This is where social backup starts - invite a backup partner so you can store your files safely on a second computer. Your partner could be a friend, family member or a second PC that you own.
- Run a remote backup. Once you've added your first partner send a copy of your files to them for safekeeping. To send your files to more than one partner, or to host backups for several partners upgrade to Cucku Backup Pro. You can send your remote backup over the Internet, or use Backup Export to send it on an external hard drive. Cucku will automatically update the remote backup whenever you and your partner are connected to the Internet.
Complete all the steps in the To Do List and your backup is in great shape.
If for some reason one of the steps doesn't apply to you just pick Never at the bottom of the window before you click Close and Cucku won't bother you with the list again.
posted by Rob on Friday, August 14, 2009
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We at Cucku hear a lot of horror stories from PC users who have lost all of their precious photos and other data because they failed to use a backup solution to protect themselves. One recurring issue is the bad advice offered by some PC vendor's support staff to "reset the PC to factory settings" when the PC fails to boot. This can often involve reformatting the hard disk drive and reinstalling windows in such a way that all user data is unnecessarily lost.
If you find that Windows does not boot, even in safe mode and Windows cannot be recovered from a previous restore point... then stop for a moment before considering a reformat. If you have a backup on a separate hard drive then you know that your data is safe. If you don't have a backup then, assuming that the hard disk drive is itself still working, the hard drive can be removed and plugged into another PC allowing you to access your data.
Cheap SATA and IDE, 3.5 inch (laptop) and 5.25 inch hard disk drive enclosures are available allowing you to plug an internal hard drive of pretty much any type into a USB slot of another computer. This means you can even do this on a friend's PC without having to dismantle their PC first.
Once your data has been backed up you can plug the drive back into the original PC safe in the knowledge that, whatever you do next, you have a copy of your files.
posted by Mark on Thursday, August 06, 2009
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