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Windows: Backing up just your data is better than no backup at all, but creating a complete disk image allows you to restore not just your data but your entire operating system and all your settings. SelfImage can help.

Windows: Nothing beats a full-on system backup for making sure you've got duplicates of all your important stuff. Free utility Back4Sure is a simple but powerful tool for quickly, incrementally backing up important files to external drives from anywhere.

A Windows Home Server is a great way to back up the computers in your home, but don't neglect to back up your server periodically to have a backup that isn't subject to lightning strikes or house fires.

It's the start of a new decade, and while you're busy making resolutions for yourself, you shouldn't forget about your PC. We suggest making a resolution to keep your PC clean, safe, and backed up for 2010. Here's how to make it easy. Image remixed from viagallery.com.

Our Hive Five asks readers to identify five of the best tools for any job, then vote for the absolute best. Here's a look back at the winners from each week in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Google Docs already has an option to export every document you check off, but checking them all off is a time-wasting pain. Now it's much more simple to grab everything, 2 GB at a time, in zipped-up files.

A lot of contacts, documents, text messages, games, and other data live on your smartphone, but manufacturers and service carriers aren't going out of their way to make backing up easy. Gizmodo, however, has you covered on nearly any platform.

Last week we asked you to share your favorite online backup tools and then we rounded up the five most popular options for a vote.

Windows only: Portable browser backup utility FavBackup updates with loads of changes, including single-file backups, multiple profile support, and a new Ribbon interface.

Time and time again, people tell me that they've bought an external hard drive to back up their pictures, music, and documents. Great, right? Sadly, that's not always the case. There's one simple rule about backups that everybody needs to fully understand: Your files should exist in at least Two places, or it's no longer a backup—and your data is at risk. Too often people delete the files from their primary PC, assuming they are backed up.