Data loss can happen with a virus, physical failure of a hard drive, lightning, fire, power failure or it can be accidentally erased. You WILL lose your data, photos, music and more.
Computer backup is one of the most important, yet also one of the most neglected areas of computing. Backing up your data should be at the top of your computer maintenance list, right next to Virus Protection. Without computer data backup or virus protection, you are running the risk of losing your data.
It will happen, don’t think that you don’t have to worry about it. We all know that someday something will happen, and when that day comes you will be happy to know your files are safe.
What data should you back up?
You may think that you don’t have anything worth backing up, nothing too important or worth the cost of backing up or the headaches in setting up a computer backup system. Think again… when computer disaster strikes most people are surprised how much data they forgot they needed.
Data and documents are usually the first thing to consider, but what about photos? These days most photographs are digital and we load them on our computer – think about losing years of family photos in a fire – same thing losing all the digital files. How about your contacts all those addresses, phone and emails you have been building. That would take a long time to accumulate those again. How about your iTunes music and movie database, do you want to buy them again? Don’t forget the kid’s music needs to be backed up too. Then there are the internet bookmarks you have been marking for years in your browser. These are common examples, but we know that after thinking about it for a while you will realize that there is a lot of information you don’t want to lose. That’s why you should back up your data and back it up well!
What does backup my data well mean?
So often we have a client that actually did what they needed to do and bought a backup drive and moved all the data and photos to it. Unfortunately we have seen that single backup drive crash losing all the family data. Backing up is recommended to two locations, one on-site (preferably with a redundant drives) and one off-site or online.
Computer Superheroes can help you find the perfect computer backup solution including backup drives, and backup software for your family or business. We can also review what you have in place to insure you are covered correctly.
