Information provided by iomegadatarecovery.com | December 2011

 

Happy New Year!  It's 'out with the old and in with the new', right?  With the holiday season coming to a close, (and perhaps things around you are a bit quiet at the moment) perhaps now's the time to take heed.  How about taking some time to backup those important documents on your computer-- whether at home or at the office.

Here are some great backup tips to prevent data loss with a good backup strategy to start the New Year off right!

Step 1: Plan for data backup

  • Think about where you keep your backup.
     
  • If you live in an area that can flood, don't store your backup in the basement.
     
  • If the storage location for your backups is protected by sprinklers, what will the water do to the backups?
     
  • If there is an earthquake, will you be able to get to your data. An off site copy or online backup is an excellent idea.
     
  • Store a full backup at another location to protect against fire, theft, or other disaster.
     
  • If your data is critical it may be a good idea to have a quarterly and yearly backup as well so that you can recover files that may have been deleted, but not discovered until months later.

Step 2: Begin a backup routine

  • Make backing up a part of your normal scheduled daily tasks.
     
  • Don't count on anyone else to back your data up for you.
     
  • Do backups of your own critical data.  â€‹MORE...