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Google Drive is a cloud storage service, and like all cloud services, its primary function is to take some load off your hard drive. Cloud storage works by uploading your files to its own remote servers — or the “cloud” — freeing up space on your computer. This leaves more space on your devices for more important things, like installing large apps and games.

Starting with May 31, 2024, due to Google API changes, in Backup4all you will no longer be able to directly access Google Drive as backup source. You also won't be able to use GMail as SMTP server anymore.

Because of the Google Drive API changes in May 2024, the old versions of Backup4all (v.5 - v.8) will receive this error message when trying to select Google Drive as backup destination.

This article explains how to backup MS SQL Server data with Backup4all using a scheduled task. The database files are locked by the MS SQL Server. In order to backup these files and avoid data corruption, it is necessary to perform some actions.

Google Drive application is used to map the online Google Drive as a local drive which can be accessed easily from your computer.

Backblaze is a data storage provider. It offers two products: B2 Cloud Storage - An object storage service similar to Amazon's S3. Computer Backup - An online backup tool that allows Windows and macOS users to back up their data to offsite data centers.

This article shows how to restore a backup to OneDrive.

You can restore the backup to OneDrive only if the original source location was OneDrive.

This article shows how to restore a backup to Google Cloud Storage.

You can restore the backup to Google Cloud Storage only if the original source location was Google Cloud Storage.

This article shows how to restore a backup to Dropbox.

You can restore the backup to Dropbox only if the original source location was Dropbox.

This article shows how to restore a backup to Azure.

You can restore the backup to Azure only if the original source location was Azure.

This article shows how to restore a backup to HiDrive.

You can restore the backup to HiDrive only if the original source location was HiDrive.

This article shows how to restore a backup to Amazon.

You can restore the backup to Amazon only if the original source location was Amazon.

This article shows how to restore a backup to Box. You can restore the backup to Box only if the original source location was Box.

In order to restore a backup job from Box, you first need to load that backup job in Backup4all.

Wasabi is designed to be 100% bit compatible with Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3. This means any storage application that uses AWS S3 can also use Wasabi without any code changes to the storage application.

The S3-compatible API connectivity option for Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage provides a S3-compliant interface for IT professionals to use with their S3-compatible storage applications, gateways, and other platforms.

This article explains how to restore with 7-Zip a backup created with Backup4all.

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This is a step-by-step guide on how to restore a backup from Amazon S3 using Backup4all. Amazon S3 is a storage service that you can use to store and retrieve any amount of data from anywhere on the web. It's scalable, so it can grow as your needs grow. It's available, so you can always access your data. It's secure, so your data is safe. And it's fast, so you can get to your data quickly.

Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, U.S. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software.

Backup4all needs to be activated after purchasing a license. If you have an active Internet connection the easiest way to activate Backup4all is automatically online. However, if you do not have an active Internet connection, this article describes how to manually activate Backup4all.

There could be cases when the user deletes by mistake some files in backup destination, or if the files are corrupt.

Google Cloud Storage is a scalable cloud-based service provided by Google that allows organizations to store and manage their data securely and cost-effectively.

OneDrive was designed to allow users to store and access their files from anywhere, on any device, and collaborate with others.

Backup4all supports Google Drive both as source and destination. This article explains how to restore a backup from Google Drive.