There are a number of ways to backup your computer, but the best way is to use online backup. By using an online backup services, your files are backed up to a remote server with no work on your part.

The first part - remote backups. Having a remote (off-site) backup is useful because sometimes there are worse events than a hard drive failure. A fire or flood for example. If your house or office were to burn down, you would lose any external hard drives or CD-R backups you made. On the other hand, if you had online backup, your files would still be safe.

The second part - ease of use. All you have to do is install a small piece of software on your computer and tell it which files to backup. Then it does the rest, backing up your files in the background. If a file changes, it will backup the most recent version on its own.

(Continue reading below for some more information on online backup options.)