It’s surprising how often customers don’t have their important computer files backed up. I’ve seen countless people lose all of their important documents, pictures, and music for good because they never bothered to make a back up.
Hard drives fail a lot more often than people realize, and though there are online companies that you can send a failed hard drive to so they can retrieve your data, it’s extremely expensive and they can’t always get all of the data back even then.
There are a couple of ways to back up your computer files. A simple way is to purchase an external hard drive and transfer copies of your data onto it. These drives are huge and hold 1TB, 2TB, 3TB and even more. Then every so often, you add your new files to the drive. The only downside to this method is that you have to try to remember to add your new files manually every so often.
The other way to back up your computer data is to sign up with one of the online data back up companies. Carbonite is one such company but there are several of them. For a few dollars a month, these companies will back up and store all of your data on their servers. The advantage of using the online method is that you don’t have to remember to back up new data. These companies automatically save your files a few times a week. It runs in the background and you don’t have to do anything.
That way if disaster strikes and your hard drive crashes, you can log into your account and find copies of all your files safely stored there and you can then transfer them to a new computer or back onto your old PC after you get your hard drive replaced.
Some people use an external hard drive and Carbonite. Redundant backups add an extra layer of protection. Data backup is crucial. Don’t put it off. It’s a cheap insurance policy against disaster.