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Online Backup Software Articles

Hard Drive Cloning: What It Is, How to Do, and Cloning Tools

We’re all a little paranoid when it comes to data loss.

by Keerthi Rangan

Backup and Disaster Recovery Software Secure Business Operations

When you work from home, have you thought about what happens when your IT infrastructure goes down? Did you back up your data and have a disaster recovery plan?

by Tian Lin

Online Backup Software Glossary Terms

Local Backup

Local backups are copies of information stored on physical hardware separate from the original device. Learn the types, benefits, and best practices.

by Holly Landis

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Online Backup Software Discussions

Question on: IDrive Online and SaaS Backup, Object Storage e2

How do I backup my external hard drive to IDrive?

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Make sure you have the space allotted for the backup. Choose what and where it will pull the data for backing up. So if your external hard drive is drive E, tell it to back up from Drive E.

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Answered: John Noble on July 16, 2022

not totally sure

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Answered: Henry Morris on July 16, 2022

There are two separate sections within the IDrive interface, one for local files/folders, and a second for mapped and external drives. It probably goes without saying, but just make sure your external drives are actually plugged in to your machine when the backup runs :)

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Answered: Matt Stevenson on July 18, 2022

Connect your external HD to your computer and it will show in the list of drives (that could be selected for backup) in iDrive. Then, select it to back it up.

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Answered: Moe Huss on July 16, 2022

Once paid and officially registered with IDrive, request must be made to IDrive to mail an ‘IDrive external hard drive’… once received, (it will come with instructions and awesome team support) next step will be uploading one’s personal/business computer to this specific drive. After successful completion of uploading one’s personal/business computer to this specific drive, it is then to be returned to IDrive with the mailing instructions and return label it came with. Once iDrive receives it, may take 2-3 business days for IDrive to download all of the information to their external remote cloud drive. Upon successful completion, IDrive team will then email the confirmation at which point one can then schedule and perform their own back ups to IDrive moving forward. The process is fairly straightforward, but if any questions or concerns arise during this initial process, the IDrive support team is extremely helpful and responds immediately to assist through the entire process if necessary. I am a very appreciative customer and trust IDrive with supporting/backing up my delicate information. Peace-

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Answered: Charis Nawrocki on July 16, 2022

If the drive is mapped so that it shows up in windows file explorer, then you just treat it like any other file or directory and chose it.

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Answered: Bert Scalzo on July 16, 2022

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Question on: Pulseway

What can Pulseway monitor?

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Servers, PC's, Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.

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