Backup & backup software

Review: IBackup & XDrive

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All your important files - text documents, spreadsheets, music and video to be itself safely and cosy on the hard disk of your PC. But what as your harddrive suddenly gets kuren and you your computer no longer on can start? And what if you want share these files in a simple manner with colleague or friends?

Online backup services brings here a help. By means of these services you can keep a backup of your data on a web server, or rapidly and simple share with others. This frequently also once more without costing, therefore super skilfully! For this reason today 2 online backup more closely examined services.

Please note: Before you get to work with online backup services are it well realise that services also these give guarantees to no 100%. Servercrash come always unexpected but and it is the question if your data then be to call back. Moreover money, in spite of that these services measures take to protect your data, which the responsibility lies at yourself. Care therefore that all files versleuteld are before you them upload.

Offsite backups belong to the most safe manner protect data. These services are generally free or you can try a certain time for free. Unfortunately you must fill in still your creditcard data to obtain to the test versions. The most of services cancel automatically at the end of the trial period. Uitondering are XDrive, which automatically transfer your testaccount to a paid version without informing you.

IBackup
IBackup and XDrive cost as much, and the functions are nearly identical: multimedia streaming, browser-based file management, and possibility for sharing files. However, in contrast to XDrive, it is not for IBackup necessary that you friends open also account if you want share files with them.

The client software of IBackup is not as easily as the XDrive Desktop use client. IBackup are however what more stable as XDrive. Files backup pen do you them to the network disk within the client dragging software.

XDrive
XDrive support sharing files and the streamen of mediums files to mobile tel. You can manage you files by means of the XDrive Desktop-client, or in a browser by means of the web interface of XDrive. Unfortunately it is this way that in spite of the vele functionalities XDrive frequently stumbled and foutmeldingen gave. This resulted in different failed backups.

Summary
Both services are certainly trying worth, also already is it only for the free trial period. Of both tested online backup services IBackup deserve the preference. The service is more stably and informs you at the end of the trial concerning how you can extend yourself account. This in contrast to Xdrive, which transfer automatic your account to a paid version, without informing you here concerning.

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