| It's a fact of life that bad things happen to good | | | | storage capacity, and so on. A discussion of those |
| people's data every now and then. And when it does, | | | | limits is beyond the scope of this article, but the |
| too often the victim is not prepared for it. Is that | | | | most important thing to remember is that the best |
| the case with you? Are you prepared in advance for | | | | backup is the one that works. That means that |
| a complete loss of critical files and data on your | | | | regardless of the media you choose, just make a |
| computer or on your computer network? | | | | choice and stick to a backup schedule like glue. |
| If you aren't prepared in advance, you will most likely | | | | There are sevral good backup programs out there |
| have to use a data recovery service or data | | | | that work very well and will do a fine job, but most |
| recovery software solution to help get back as much | | | | Microsoft Windows users have a great backup |
| as you can of what was lost. This can be a very | | | | program included with their operating software. If |
| good idea if there is no other way to recover your | | | | you are a Windows XP user that program is called |
| files, but it doesn't have to come to that in most | | | | NTBackup. If it's not already installed on your |
| cases. | | | | computer insert your Windows CD, find the folder |
| This is a classic situation of where an ounce of | | | | titled ValueAdd\MSFT\ntbackup, and run the program |
| prevention is worth a pound of cure. A very simple | | | | in that folder called ntbackup.msi. It will set up the |
| backup routine that is adhered to on a daily basis can | | | | backup software for use on your computer in no |
| usually solve any data loss situation quickly and fairly | | | | time and you will even have simple to use wizards |
| painlessly. And it won't cost you anything but the | | | | that will walk you through doing file backups and |
| time neded to restore the data files from your | | | | restores simply and easily. |
| backups, and maybe the program files from the | | | | Once the software is installed, it is now up to you to |
| original disks. | | | | use it faithfully to prepare for data recovery when it |
| There is a wide choice of media that you can backup | | | | is needed. Maybe you never will need it. But don't |
| your files to, inclusing CDs, DVDs, external hard | | | | count on that. You will be so glad that you have a |
| drives, other internal hard drives, tape drives, etc. | | | | solid reliable way to restore lost files if disaster ever |
| They all work, it's just that each media choice has it's | | | | happens on your computer. It's truly the easy way |
| own pros and cons regarding ease of use, data | | | | to data recovery! |