Clickfree Online Backup ushers in a new age in data protection and file recovery by offering the easiest online backup ever.

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For example, Symantec has started to offer Norton Online Backup, a data recovery software.

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Another option takes us back to the Web -- you can often get an online backup plan that will remove your valuable data not only from that main hard drive, but also from your computer's immediate vicinity.

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SanDisk also offers downloadable Cloud Catcher software, which allows users to backup and organize personal data from some of their favorite social media and online sites, hassle free on a SanDisk USB drive.

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