Western Digital has carried out a study in which it surveyed 8.000 people (1.500 Spaniards), with surprising data about the security and organization of digital documents. And 75% of Spaniards do not make backup copies of their files.
For most companies, their most important asset is information. Nowadays everything depends on the information stored on computers. If we lose this information, it is almost impossible to recover everything again. Natural disasters, theft, fires, floods, computer failures... may be some of the causes.
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Do not wait more: start now.
What would happen if this afternoon your hard drive, for any reason, started to fail? The best time to back up your data is now.
Don't just copy things to a CD or USB stick. Use external hard drives, or if you need something more powerful, configure a NAS server. You can also use an online storage solution, such as Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive or Amazon Cloud Drive.
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uses a automated software to avoid confusion.
The worst thing about backups is remembering to do them. To help you with that, you have dozens of applications, free and paid, that you can use: Cobian Backup, Ocster Backup Pro, Auslogics BitReplica, O&O Disk Image... Or also options included in the operating system itself, such as the Mac Time Machine or the Windows 7 Backup.
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Center the copies on what you consider irreplaceable.
You can download a program again; personal photos, documents… no.
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Check copies regularly.
Check that they are made correctly, that everything that needs to be in them is actually there, and that they are ready to use at any time.
