Backup & restore your important data using CrashPlan

Backing up your important data and work files can be such a hassle. It's tricky to find a large enough destination to store your backups, some backup tools do not allow synchronisation and, if you backup your laptop, what happens if you take it on the road and then find that you can't access your backup files if you need to restore? The one obvious option would to backup your contents to the Internet.

CrashPlan is a multi-platform desktop tool that will enable you to backup your contents to another computer, an external hard drive or the Internet. You are offered up to 50GB of storage space, which is more than enough to backup your important documents, files, bookmarks, contacts and system files such as your fonts. With CrashPlan you can choose the items you want to backup and you can then retrieve the files from the Internet if you find you loose important data in the future.