Backup Backup Backup

Published by john on December 9, 2011 Under Tech Support

One of the cardinal rules of computers is ALWAYS make a backup. It is not a matter of if your hard-drive will fail, but rather when your hard-drive will fail! There are also many other things that can happen, like dropping your laptop, computer viruses, water damage, electrical issues, which can result in a fried hard drive.

Making a backup of your data is essential to ensure that all of your pictures, documents, and music is safe and will not be lost.

Unfortunately, this is something many people never do. It is very easy to get comfortable storing all of your pictures and family movies on your desktop computer, thinking this is safe. Usually, it only takes this happening once to realize the importance, but by that time it it too late!

All too often, I have to tell people the bad news that their hard-drive has gone bad and the data lost. So, Backup, backup, backup and then backup your backup!

This is part of a several part series on the different types of backup solutions:

• USB Sticks and External Hard-drives

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