Backing Up Your Windows PC with OpenDrive
It’s no secret that you have a lot of information on your computer and that you need to make sure it is backed up regularly. With OpenDrive’s user friendly Sync and Backup Manager, backing up your Windows PC is incredibly easy and streamlined. After installing the software, a few simple clicks gets your computer on the way to saving those important files with a great array of features to boot. OpenDrive will simplify your backups by making sure that important Windows-based folders like ‘My Documents’, ‘My Pictures’, and so on are easily and intelligently saved in the cloud as regularly as you like. While Windows computers do boast the ability to do a system image backup, you will find that using the cloud to back up your files allows more control and accessibility in case of a system or hard drive failure, computer theft or other catastrophe.
OpenDrive’s Sync and Backup Manager is capable of working with as many files as you like, even at scheduled intervals, and can upload them to the cloud automatically via either sync or backup tasks, or both. The software is incredibly easy to use, and navigating to your files and folders, as well as following through with the setup wizard, only takes minutes. Once you go through the initial setup of a task, the software automates it for you from then on out, while still offering the flexibility to go in and make changes if necessary. This offers you peace of mind that the software is saving and updating files on your Windows computer without your constant supervision. The Sync and Backup Manager doesn’t just do backup tasks. It also allows for sync tasks, which are mirror-like backups. Any changes you make on your computer will be updated to the cloud and any changes made to your files in the cloud will be reflected back to your computer. Whether you need to just have copies of your files in the cloud, or you need to work across multiple machines and places, OpenDrive’s software will work for you.
One of the many easy-to-use features of the OpenDrive software includes the ability to back up whole folders, including key Windows user folders. For example, if you frequently save pictures from emails to the ‘My Pictures’ folder on your Windows PC, you can set a backup task to run as often or as little as you need. The folder, as it sits on your PC, will be uploaded exactly as it is. You need not worry about different file structures or disorder. In case of a loss or failure, you can simply download the folder right back to your computer. This works for all typical Windows user folders, along with any other folders you have created on your own. You can easily set up your file directories on OpenDrive in any way that suits you, allowing you to keep all of your key Windows folders in one spot while keeping other random files and items in another. With control of your backups being completely in your hands, you can set ‘My Documents’ to back up daily or hourly, while setting ‘My Music’ to only update once per week.
Windows does have a backup option built into the OS but it works differently than OpenDrive’s Sync and Backup manager, creating a snapshot-in-time of your hard disk. While this is convenient, it doesn’t offer any of the flexibility that you get with OpenDrive’s solution. You cannot pick and choose which items are most important or which ones you want to leave out. The ability to update right then and there with OpenDrive’s Sync and Backup Manager allows you to always have the latest versions of your files saved. Another benefit of the OpenDrive cloud over Windows’ built in programs is that you can upload a single file or folder at any time without having to make it a permanent task or hooking up external devices.
OpenDrive’s Sync and Backup Manager as part of their cloud storage service, offers a great deal of features to fully work for you and your Windows machine. Whether you back up or save files occasionally, or prefer to always have up-to-date files in the cloud, OpenDrive is the preferred solution.
The folders and files on your PC are too important to only back up occasionally with no real control of what is saved and when. Using the OpenDrive cloud allows you to break free of disks and external storage devices required by built in-services. Intelligently backing up your files has never been easier.
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