Backing Up Your Data, before it is to Late.
by Ralph Walker Sr. on Aug.24, 2010, under Windows XP and Vista Updates for Hardware and Software
Why don’t people backup their data? It use to be a pain in the butt but not anymore. Removing viruses for a living has taught me to back up your vital files on a daily or weekly bases. You never know if you are going to need a backup until it is too late.
If your computer is already infected than backing up your data could be risky. You do not know when your data was actually infected. You may bring back a infected file if you are not careful. Since I have been removing viruses I have never infected my PCs’ with any of my customers’s infected hard drives. How do I do it. I make sure my main system is protected. I use a Avast Free Home Edition, you can get it by clicking here now. I also use the full version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, I am running Windows 7 Ulitmate and it is running great. Click here for Malwarebytes Anti-Malware special pricing. This software is great, they have a free version also which can be used to clean computers of infected files, without this great software my service calls would take longer to complete. Okay so we these two programs your computer will be safe. However that does not prevent you from losing data if your hard drive fails. I have had 2 hard drives since 2005 that have not failed. I recently upgraded to a 1.5 Terabyte and I hope it is just as reliable as the older drives. So do I backup my data. YES.
I use a three phase approach. If you are just a home user than any one of these options will do. However if you run a business like me, I suggest to use all my suggested methods. Here is what you need.
- USB key 8 GB or more.
- External hard drive 500 GB or more.
- Online data backup account.
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A USB key is vital for me because I work on so many customers computers that it makes it real handy and quick. I keep all my vital files on it so I can fix most computers infections with that. I recommend keeping your important docs on it keeping it in a safe place. Personally I wear mine on my neck. Click here to see my picture. Yea I am a geek. What else do you need on your USB key, you need to keep all your drivers that make your PC work. If you only keep two drivers you need your network drivers so you can get back on the Internet if your hard drive fails and you have to restore Windows and your video and sound drivers. How do you get those drivers you might want to know. Depending on your PC maker you can go to their website. Put in the model number of your PC and find the current driver. Download the drivers to your USB key. Easy to do, take less than 15 minutes.
Using a external USB or FireWire hard drive is very easy to do. Just plug it in to the USB/FireWire port and your PC should automatically see the drive. Some of the external hard drives comes with backup sofware. If not just bring up two Windows Exploreres windows and make click on drive C on one and the other Window can be the external hard drive. Now just select the files that you need/want to back up and you are done. What do you need to back up. Most of the time users do do not change the orginal layout that Windows setups up. So clicking and dragging you My Documents folder will get all your personal data. If you have any music like iTunes or anything else you need to get the files from that folder. For example your iTunes music should be saved in the iTunes folders. Just drag and drop that folder to your external drive. Update that this weekly, what I mean by this is attach the external hard drive and drag the files again. If there are any changes, Windows will prompt you to let you know this file is newer than the older one.
Online Data Backup, you will have peace of mind knowing your mission-critical data is safely stored offsite automatically each night. I use this and it works flawlessly. Set it and forget it. If you need your data you need to invest into this. I just worked on a customers PC and he lost his hard drive. When I confirmed it was gone. He got upset, well I told him he should not get upset with me or the hard drive. He should of take action before now, you can pay now or later. It also better to pay now. This company offers a 30-day free trial and has many features that will keep your data safe and secure. Check it out click here.
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September 12th, 2010 on 7:53 am
This is true, most of the current Anti-Virus protection update themselves automatically. I just cleaned a infected computer with MicroTrend Anti-Spyware/Malware protection but when I did a scan it found 1080 infected files so what type of protection is that. Look for my new post on this service call that I just performed.
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