How to Backup All Files to IDrive From Local or Another Cloud

• How to Backup All Files to IDrive from Another Cloud
• How to Backup All Files to IDrive from the Local
• Benefits of Backing up All Files to IDrive
• Conclusion

How to Backup All Files to IDrive from Another Cloud

The traditional way to backup files from one cloud to another is by downloading files from the source and then uploading them to the target cloud. Let’s forget this troublesome way and embrace the new and advanced one – using MultCloud. MultCloud is an online cloud file transfer service on which you can manage multiple cloud storage services like IDrive e2, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, and iCloud Drive, and transfer, sync, and backup files between any two of them.

Cloud Backup is designed for backup files from one cloud to another and restore with different file versions. You can schedule the backup task with Cloud Backup and make it a daily/weekly/monthly routine. Besides, you can backup files from multiple clouds to IDrive e2 in one task so that you do not need to create an additional task for different clouds to IDrive e2 backup.

The steps for using Cloud Backup to backup all files from another cloud to IDrive e2 are easy. There is an example for backing up OneDrive to IDrive e2.

Step 1. Enter the MultCloud website and sign up for an account for free.

Step 2. Click “Add Cloud” in the left bar and choose the IDrive e2 logo. Then, enter the End Point, Access Key ID, and Secret Access Key in the pop-up window to log in to IDrive e2. You can get these credentials by creating an Access Key on the IDrive e2 website.

Step 3. Click “Add Cloud” and the OneDrive logo to add OneDrive to MultCloud.

Step 4. Select “Cloud Backup” in the left bar and choose OneDrive in the left box as the backup source and IDrive e2 in the right box as the target. Then, click “Backup Now” to initiate the task.

Step 5. To restore files from IDrive to OneDrive, you can find the backup task in the “Task List” and click the 3-line button next to it. Then, choose “Restore” in the dropdown menu. In the pop-up window, you can choose your desired file version to restore.

How to Backup All Files to IDrive from the Local

Except for cloud-to-cloud backup, you may want to backup all files from your computer to IDrive. In this case, you can use the IDrive Entire Machine Backup. This IDrive feature can backup all your files and folders, installed programs, system settings, boot files, and the operating system to IDrive. Besides, the backup will be very fast because it does not need to create a local copy.

Step 1. Download and install the IDrive desktop app. Then, sign in to your IDrive account.

Step 2. Choose “Clone/Computer Backup” in the lower-left corner and select “Entire machine backup”.

Step 3. Click the “Backup” tab and choose “Online Backup”. Then, tap on the “Schedule Now” button.

Step 4. Choose your preferred backup time and frequency in the Schedule backup page and click “Save Changes”. After that, you finish the steps for backing up all files to IDrive from your computer.

Benefits of Backing up All Files to IDrive

So, why do you want to learn how to backup all files to IDrive? There are some common benefits.

Backing up your data with IDrive is a great addition to your data management strategy because it ensures that your data is safe, accessible, and protected from a variety of threats, whether they originate from your own devices or other cloud services.

Conclusion

How to backup all files to IDrive? You can get 2 solutions to backup from the local or cloud. To backup files from another cloud, you can take advantage of MultCloud to create an automatic backup task and connect them easily. And to backup files from your computer, you can use IDrive Entire Machine Backup.

Besides, if you do prefer the real-time sync instead of file restoration, you can use MultCloud Cloud Sync instead. Cloud Sync can achieve real-time file updating between clouds. Therefore, all your cloud files can be backed up to IDrive in time.