

Hard Drive: Another common method of backing up information requires the use of an allocated area of the hard drive of your computer.Additionally, be aware that with cloud solutions, backups, and recovery speeds are dependent on the speed of your Internet connection.

Things to consider include cost and location of storage as well as the security controls that the cloud provider has in place. Usually this is done via a paid cloud service.

External Drive: One of the more common methods of backing up information is storing the backup image on a portable drive.
