Risks of not doing online backup of PC

January 31, 2010 · Print This Article


Online backup is one thing whose importance is not understood properly by mainstream consumers. society don’t realize how vital it is to safeguard critical info. Just imagine what it would be to lose all your vital details with just one hard drive crash.

Imagine that: Earlier today you had a hard disk crash, you rushed to your local PC shop, bought a replacement and installed it. It’s now 3am, you’re on your 3rd double espresso (or poison of choice), Windows is installed and you want your notes back:

And

guess what as you have no backup there would be no notes to retrieve!

So in conclusion, some rules to consider:
· Keep everything – don’t bother archiving except to a subfolder on your computer.
· Backup frequently, whether you backup OS and info separately, do backup the OS regularly.
· experiment the restore process often
· Know where your backups are
· Ensure any towering term backups are a) still accessible, and b) readable, c) meaningful.

Via - [PCLaunches]

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