| AT the beginning of the 21st century, too much | | | | you are sure it works correctly. |
| personal and vulnerable data is available in a digital | | | | Another important issue is the choice of the right |
| form on our PCs. Music, videos, pictures, personal | | | | storage medium for you backup. For most home |
| documents, private and business mail contacts - | | | | users, a secondary (internal or external) hard disk is |
| everything is stored on hard disks and other media. | | | | the best choice. Please, make sure that you chose a |
| Since the storage capacity has increased dramatically | | | | different hard disk and not a different partition on |
| during the last years, we store all information on a | | | | the same physical hard drive, otherwise you will use |
| single place for easier access. The computer is not | | | | your data and the backup in case of a hardware |
| only a machine anymore, it is our digital memory. | | | | failure. In addition, you can save very important data |
| Nobody wants to imagine what will happen if he loses | | | | also on optical media like CDs or DVDs. There are |
| all the stored data. In the worst case, this can ruin | | | | also several online storage capacities available. In that |
| your whole business or erase all pictures of you and | | | | case you will not lose your data even in the case of |
| your family of the last years. The only protection | | | | a fire at your office or home. Unfortunately, the risk |
| mechanism is a regular computer backup. There are | | | | of cyber attacks on your data has also increased. |
| some computer users who follow their own strict | | | | Therefore, you should encrypt your vulnerable data |
| plan for saving their personal data. They copy their | | | | before online storage. For companies, advanced |
| most vulnerable data to a second hard drive or other | | | | storage technologies are available like storage servers |
| media. But the majority of users do not perform | | | | for the local network, or magnetic tape storage, or |
| backups regularly. Anyway, there are some highly | | | | even tape robots. |
| specialized programs that help you to save your | | | | Regular backups for your PC are absolutely |
| private data. | | | | mandatory. You can restore your system and your |
| There are several programs available that can be | | | | data in case of a hardware failure or software |
| used for that purpose. They differ drastically in price | | | | problem, e.g. virus contamination of your PC. The |
| and functionality. There are also several freeware and | | | | setup of a modern software suite will not last longer |
| open source programs. Most of the programs can be | | | | than 30 to 60 minutes. This is nothing compared to a |
| configured in a way that the backup is made fully | | | | total loss of your data. A good backup program is |
| automatic. In most cases you can specify a hard | | | | like a good insurance - it is good to have it in the |
| disk, folders or single files that should be stored | | | | case of emergency. The same way you protect |
| safely. After the setup of your program, you must | | | | your family with insurance, you should protect your |
| check regularly whether your program is working in | | | | data on an external storage medium. |
| the expected way. Do not trust any program until | | | | |