Home Data Backup

If you are like me, then you spend a lot of time on the computer. Whether the time you spend on the PC (or Mac) is for business or pleasure, then you are part of the IT revolution. Data is the way that we create all the details we have been working on and this data is very important to retain as all our work will be lost without it.

In a normal week, I may send 100 emails and receive just as many, I would be lost without my emails and I think I have over 1000 in my inbox! I know that Outlook will of course save all my emails for me, and also back them up when it requests to do so, but this is not the end of the story. If I was to backup my Outlook files and save them onto my hard disk, then all I have is one copy. If my hard disk was to fail, then all my emails and my backup of my emails have gone! So if Outlook wants to create a backup, I would suggest making 2 more copies of this backup. The first copy I would suggest storing on a DVD, CD or memory stick, and the second copy would be best kept in an online storage facility.

Online storage is great if, like me, you are on the road a lot. I have several ways of keeping my data backed up, but the main way I normally access the data is on the internet. At the moment, I am sat in a café away from home, and I know for a fact that all the important data I need is available in a few keystrokes!

I recommend using online storage - with password protected files - as an extremely useful alternative to a memory stick or DVD. At least an online storage method is not going to get scratched or lost as a DVD or memory stick can be.