| Computers have become the digital storage bin of | | | | drive. A good number of external hard drives offer |
| electronic scrap books, photo albums and important | | | | backup software that can automate the backup |
| files. Sitting down with grandma to view old rustic | | | | process for you. Be sure to read the fine print when |
| photo albums has been replaced with a projector, a | | | | it comes to bundled backup software because most |
| laptop and gigabytes of digitized memories stored on | | | | likely it is a trial version. Check for full version or fully |
| spinning metal platters. Although solid state hard | | | | functional. As an added precaution you may want to |
| drives are starting to make its way into the | | | | store your backup media somewhere other than |
| mainstream consumer market, it is still a ways off | | | | your home like at work or a relatives house. This |
| from extremely affordable. The traditional metal plate | | | | provides added protection in case of fire or |
| spinning hard drive will undoubtedly be around for | | | | destruction of your place of residence. |
| awhile longer. The constantly moving parts coupled | | | | A complement to portable backup storage is off site |
| with heat and consistent disk I/O can eventually take | | | | backup through the internet. These type of internet |
| its toll on traditional hard drives leading to failure and | | | | based backup services generally install a client on the |
| data loss. A backup solution should be implemented | | | | workstation and then allow the users to select what |
| even at the home user level to safe guard important | | | | to backup and when. The nice thing about these |
| files. | | | | services is that your data is usually accessible from |
| There are numerous types of backup methods and | | | | anywhere with an internet connection. |
| services available for the home consumer to utilize. | | | | Lastly, consider implementing more than one type of |
| The most convenient would be to store copies of | | | | backup method to ensure the long term safety and |
| the most important files on removable media such as | | | | accessibility of important digital data. |
| flash drives, CD-R/DVD-R media or an external hard | | | | |