This article is part of the collection: From School to Shining School: 52 Stories from Educators Across the U.S. Everyone needs to have their files backed up. It is very easy to have your ...

Windows 8.1's File History feature enables you to back up your libraries to a USB flash drive, but you can't specifically choose to only back up your Documents library. That means large Pictures, ...

Concerns are always present when organizing your digital life, and the same is true of file safety on a USB drive.

Do you keep a bootable USB drive handy? Maybe you still have the USB drive that you last used to install Windows, or any of the other bootable thumb drives that you've made over the years? Since we ...

Creating a backup of your precious and important files is crucial. It minimizes the risk that you'll lose your tax documents, baby's pictures and school work in the event of theft, fire or hard drive ...

Making backups is boring, but the alternative—losing your data—is the kind of excitement no one wants. March 31 is World Backup Day, which is lame, but why not use this as the impetus to get those ...