What is really stored on your personal or business computer? Family photos from the last 5 years? Financial and budgeting information? Customer names, addresses, phone numbers and order information.
There is a huge list of information that we entrust our personal and business computers with, but what do we do to ensure the safety of that information? Data backup is required for data recovery in the case that a hard drive fails.
Data backup can be quick and easy, but must become a priority because the files will not backup themselves.
#1 CD / DVD - The cheapest and least difficult of all data backup solutions is the CD / DVD.
The files are written to the CD / DVD in the case that the hard drive fails.
The trouble with this form of backup is the size of the disk space and the inability to overwrite the files multiple times.
For people and businesses that use their computers daily, the time it takes to backup to a physical disk could be very wasteful.
#2 Flash - Flash drives are another quick solution for backing up data.
Data recovery is simple from a flash drive as the new hard drive will read the files and the user can choose how and where to save the information on the new drive.
For the business, however, there is not a flash drive with enough size to keep all the files.
#3 Offsite / Virtual - Many companies and people are choosing offsite or virtual data backup for its ease of use and unlimited size.
The data to be recovered can be saved as per the needs of the person or business and the information is safe and secure.
No data backup plan will work effectively unless the computer user remembers to elicit the backup.
Getting on a regular routine of backing up files at the same time everyday is the best solution.