PC Data Backups

Account and File Sharing

Access and exchange files between computers at your home, office, mobile or remote locations.

Anyone with multiple computers running PC Data Backups can easily and securely share files with Account and File Sharing, included in all our backup plans.

File Sharing: 3 Simple Steps

1. Back up files on the account you want to share.
2. In the Options / File Sharing Permissions menu, add the account number that you want to grant access, to either a directory or the entire drive.
3. On the account you want to retrieve from, in the Retrieve view click "Explore another account's files" to access these shared files at any time.

File Sharing Example: Home and Office

• At home, using your home computer and account:
  • Work on a file and back it up.
  • Share that file, directory or entire drive with your office computer's RDB account.
• At the office, using your office computer and account:
  • Retrieve the file from another account.
  • Work on it, make changes to it, and back it up.
  • Share a directory or entire drive with your home account.
• At home, retrieve your changes from the office account.
• Repeat as many times as you want, 24/7.

Advantages of RDB's File and Account Sharing

• Ease of use: It's easy to set up and transfer files between multiple accounts.
• Always available: Since you access our mirrored data centers and not the shared computer directly, you don't even need to keep your computer on!
• Fine-tuned sharing: Select files to share with each account: directories or entire drives.
• Secure authorization: Only the accounts you list can access your files with their encryption key. You can remove a computer from your shared list any time.
• Large storage: Share as much as your account holds, including large files.
• Time savings: Quick access to your files from wherever you are (home, office, traveling, or computers not on the same network).
• Not media-based: No need to install expensive drives or carry fragile disks.
• Organizational data sharing: Share data at your company's remote locations with each other and HQ.
• One-way file sharing: Remote access to your backup account from any computer on the Internet. Works like an FTP site without the complications.

Disadvantages of other File Sharing Systems

• E-mail (typically limited to only 3 to 10 MB)
• CD / DVD (takes time and costs 50 cents to $1 each time)
• Jaz / Zip drive (must have drives on both computers; costly media)
• FTP site (complicated to set up and use, succeptible to hackers, corruption, etc.)
• Setting up a network (must both be at same location)