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InfoHesive - The Cook's Friend: quickly and easily create a cookbook of your very own, and discover the many ways InfoHesive can help you in the kitchen and make your parties and special events run smoothly.

 

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Backup Using FTP

The next most important task after backing up your data files is to ensure that your backups are stored safely, preferably offsite. This article details the different kinds of secure FTP protocols, and presents an easy to use software solution that assists with backing up to a server via FTP.

 

Disk Imaging is Not a Total Backup Solution

Disk imaging utilities can be extremely useful tools that duplicate disks. However, there are some issues and limitations that must be kept in mind when relying on disk imaging as a backup solution.

 

Don't Let Your Business Sink

"Considering that businesses rely so heavily on electronic data storage, it is little wonder that they often incur significant financial losses as a result of data loss, and that for an increasing number of people, this sadly leads to the loss of their livelihood. According to the National Archives & Records Administration in Washington, US, 93% of companies filed for bankruptcy within a year of disaster when they lost their data center for 10 days or more..."

 

Find Files Fast

Searching for a particular file can be stressful, especially if it’s a file that is of the utmost importance and needs to be retrieved in the quickest time possible. Discover how to find any file far faster than using the Windows search facility.

 

How To Make Files Unrecoverable

Many people have personal information on their computers that they need to keep protected. The solution is easy with encryption, but what about making your files unrecoverable. If you think that simply deleting the file is enough, then you are mistaken.

 

How To Recover Deleted Files

Have you deleted a data file and then wished you hadn’t done so? By the time you realized the deletion was accidental, you were unable to retrieve it as your Recycle Bin had been emptied. You believed it was too late to recover that file, and you’re not alone.

 

How To Patch Files

Ever had to email large documents to your colleagues at work and found it a real hassle due to long download times? Email is one of the most popular forms of communication in this high tech society and there is no more convenient a way to send documents than attaching them to your emails. Find out how...

 

InfoHesive - The Cook's Friend

Are you having a party and wondering what to cook? Or perhaps you just want to cook a nutritious and quick meal for your family after a long day at work? What about having a list of songs to play at your party and games to get your party going? What if you are a person who gets inspiration to cook from flicking through a cookbook or browsing through a recipe website? Well, have we got a great tool for you!

 

My MP3 Files Are Missing

If you have all the time and money in the world to re-purchase, re-download and re-categorize your MP3 files in the event you have lost them, say, as a result of disk malfunction, then this article is not for you. Otherwise, read on…

 

Offsite Storage

Find out about the three principle ways you can store your data offsite:

• Backing up to external media and storing that media in a different location
• Backing up to an offsite server
• Using professional electronic vaulting services

 

RAID is Not a Backup Solution

There are some who believe a RAID array provides a backup solution. It does not. This article informs users about some of the common misconceptions about RAID, and how backing up using software is crucial in preventing data loss.

 

The Photographer’s Nightmare

Backing up your photos may be a tedious and pain staking job using Windows Explorer or the inflexible and limited onboard backup feature in Windows XP or Vista, but it needn’t be. With the right software you can prevent your treasured photos from being lost with the click of a button...

 

Understanding Compression

File compression enables a computer user to reduce the size of a data file so that it is more convenient for storage or sharing. Many of us have experienced difficulties in sending data files like text documents and digital photos via email because the file size is just too great. Find out about the different kinds of compression and how useful it is.

       

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