Method and system for a consumer oriented backup

In a computer system having a computer-readable medium including a computer-executable program therein for performing the method of creating a protection copy of a chunk of a file, wherein a protection copy of the file has previously been created, the method comprising:

• identifying a file that is to be protected;
• partitioning the identified file into a plurality of chunks;
• determining if a chunk matches a previous protection copy of a chunk;
• if it is determined that the chunk does not match a previous protection copy of a chunk, creating a protection copy of the chunk;
• and
• generating a chunk assembly list.

In a user backup system having a remote storage location, a computer with a nonremovable storage medium, a removable storage media, and a method for restoring a file, the method comprising:

• identifying a plurality of protection copies of the file contained in a plurality of temporal versions, wherein a first temporal version is a local temporal version and wherein a second temporal version is a remote temporal version;
• generating a list including an identification of a first protection copy of the file contained in the first temporal version and an identification of a second protection copy of the file contained in the second temporal version;
• receiving a selection of an identified protection copy of the file from the generated list;
• obtaining the temporal version associated with the selected option;
• and
• recovering the file.