Backing Up Your Computers
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Autor: admin Date: May 11th, 2010 Tags: |
During the busy winter months with guests coming and going every weekend, sunshine powder days and socialising, it is very easy to forget how important it is each to have each of your desktop and laptop computers backed up regularly.
Computer breakdowns (like vehicle breakdowns) always happen when you least need them.
Computers can be fixed but sometimes the data they held is gone forever.
All those important invoices, guest emails, payment records and so on … lost permanently.
Reasons for Breakdown
Computers can break down for a number of reasons but the most troublesome (and among the most frequent) is a hard drive failure.
The hard drive stores your emails, client contacts, accounts, invoices, word/excel documents, databases, your programs…. everything that you work on or with.
When did you last backup?
As I mentioned earlier, the last thing you have on your mind (or even want to think about) is when you last backed up your computer.
If you have backed up recently, did you remember to back up everything (including your emails) and more importantly, did you verify the backup?
There is nothing worse than trying to restore from a backup disk to find that the disk cannot be read.
No Hassle Backups
Here are a list of points to consider when setting up your backup plan.
- Choose a system that starts automatically when you turn on your computer.
- Choose a system that backs up to the internet (protecting you against dropped and damaged backup disks, fire, floods etc.)
- Choose a system that is easy to use.
Contact Me for Advice
For an easy to use and cheap backup plan, please feel free to contact me for advice.
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