| Computer users, especially home users have a | | | | Keeping a copy of your files in another folder on the |
| tendency to neglect the importance of having a | | | | same computer is not a good idea. It is wise to store |
| remote backup of their computer files. It could be | | | | your backups in a remote site, or anywhere else |
| due to any of the following reasons - you have a | | | | where they can't be harmed and won’t be lost |
| very positive attitude towards life (that your house | | | | when your house burns down or if your system was |
| will never catch fire or be hit by a hurricane and even | | | | stolen or you are left with a sudden system crash. |
| if it does, somehow miraculously your laptop and | | | | Ways to Backup Your Data |
| desktop will be left untouched) or you trust your | | | | There are many backup methods available today to |
| hard disk too much or you do not care about your | | | | copy your computer files to other media. You can |
| data. | | | | save them onto an external hard drive, a CD or |
| It was not long back, when a famous actress’ | | | | DVD, tape drive, zip drive or save them in a remote |
| home was destroyed in a disastrous fire accident. | | | | location using an online backup service, such as the |
| Gone with other things was her personal computer, | | | | one offered by |
| on which she was writing her autobiography. And the | | | | The disadvantage of saving them to medium such as |
| worst part was, she had not saved it in any other | | | | tape drives are that they offer only limited storage |
| medium. She did not have a backup of her files. | | | | space and that the tapes are sensitive to heat, |
| Imagine yourself in her situation; though you may not | | | | magnetism etc. which does not make them the most |
| be writing an autobiography, there is every possibility | | | | reliable media. Also, considering the cost and time |
| that when your house catches fire, in no time your | | | | involved in backup and retrieval, online backup |
| computer with all its valuable data would go up in | | | | method is convenient and quick. Especially when you |
| flames. | | | | get plenty of storage space absolutely for free. |
| And, those who trust their hard disk too much – | | | | These online backup services let you save your files |
| haven’t we heard someone say "I had to spend | | | | of any type on a secure, remote server over the |
| a lot of hours and money recovering critical files after | | | | Internet. If you've backed up on a regular basis, in |
| my kid crashed my computer playing video games"? | | | | the event something goes wrong with your hard |
| Or, that "My hard disk crashed without warning | | | | drive or you lose your system in a disaster or to a |
| because it had lot of bad sectors that I was | | | | burglary, you still have all your precious files safe, |
| unaware of"? | | | | which can be retrieved and restored any time. |