| What is really stored on your personal or business | | | | takes to backup to a physical disk could be very |
| computer? Family photos from the last 5 years? | | | | wasteful. |
| Financial and budgeting information? Customer names, | | | | #2 Flash - Flash drives are another quick solution for |
| addresses, phone numbers and order information. | | | | backing up data. Data recovery is simple from a flash |
| There is a huge list of information that we entrust | | | | drive as the new hard drive will read the files and the |
| our personal and business computers with, but what | | | | user can choose how and where to save the |
| do we do to ensure the safety of that information? | | | | information on the new drive. For the business, |
| Data backup is required for data recovery in the | | | | however, there is not a flash drive with enough size |
| case that a hard drive fails. Data backup can be quick | | | | to keep all the files. |
| and easy, but must become a priority because the | | | | #3 Offsite / Virtual - Many companies and people are |
| files will not backup themselves. | | | | choosing offsite or virtual data backup for its ease of |
| #1 CD / DVD - The cheapest and least difficult of all | | | | use and unlimited size. The data to be recovered can |
| data backup solutions is the CD / DVD. The files are | | | | be saved as per the needs of the person or business |
| written to the CD / DVD in the case that the hard | | | | and the information is safe and secure. |
| drive fails. The trouble with this form of backup is | | | | No data backup plan will work effectively unless the |
| the size of the disk space and the inability to | | | | computer user remembers to elicit the backup. |
| overwrite the files multiple times. For people and | | | | Getting on a regular routine of backing up files at the |
| businesses that use their computers daily, the time it | | | | same time everyday is the best solution. |