Backing Up (Part 1)

Did you know that almost half of all people do not back up their important data regularly?

Think about your data for a moment: your music collection, your photos, your email, addresses and phone numbers, business contacts, taxes, bank records, love lettersthe list goes on and on.

Now think about losing it all. The loss of your personal data can be devastating, and expensive. Often, the data is simply irreplaceable.

The solution is to “back up” your data regularly. Backing up means copying your information from where it is (on your computer) to someplace else. That way, should something bad happen to your computer (and sooner or later, every computer will break down), you will still have the data.

Why don’t we back up regularly? We often don’t know how to begin. Even when we do know how, like flossing, we don’t do it as regularly as we should.

There are a variety of methods for backing up, each with different pros and cons. When you consider the alternatives, ask yourself:

• What kind of information am I backing up?
• How much data do I need to back up?

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Larry Spinak is a professional computer consultant and tutor. His business is called CompuNerds. © 2006 - All rights reserved

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