Data Backup Pro

By Luke Garfield

Do you have a plan in case of an unexpected loss of data? All computers no matter how secure or well maintained can at some point, lose data, either by human error, power outage, or hardware malfunction. Are you prepared for such a circumstance? If not, and your only recourse is to take your hard drive to a data recovery service, you may find your business down for days or weeks, having to pay for a costly repair and data recovery, and some of your data may be gone forever. Data recovery is a highly technical and highly skilled craft and therefore, expensive.

Obviously, no one can plan for unexpected data loss, but what you can plan for is restoring lost data economically and promptly. Hard drive backup is a way to insure your business against unexpected data loss. Backing up your data gives you a way to restore lost data in-house which means less costly than a data recovery service, probably quicker and lesser chance of permanently lost data.
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By Team uCertify

Planning a backup and restoration of files is the most important step to protect data from accidental loss in the event of data deletion or a hard disk failure. The backup copy can be used to restore lost or damaged data. For taking backups and restoring files, Microsoft has provided a utility called Backup. The Backup utility creates a copy of data on a hard disk of a computer and archives data on another storage media. Any storage media such as removable disks, tapes, and logical drives can be used as a backup storage.

While taking a backup of files, the Backup utility creates a volume shadow copy of the data to create an accurate copy of the contents. It includes any open files or files that are being used by the system. Users can continue to access the system while the Backup utility is running without the risk of losing data.

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By Christine Harrell 

Today’s computing networks typically have very powerful client computers with significant amounts of captive storage attached to each one. Processing power is very easily available and the Internet interconnects a huge number of private networks and individual computers. Captive storage for clients, servers and dedicated applications has exploded. Successfully executed backups and (more importantly) successful restores, may mean the difference between gracefully recovering from data loss and starting the countdown to seeking new employment.

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By Steve Armstrong  

We all know the effects of data loss -but exactly what is it?

Data loss - A crash in computing is a condition where a program (either an application or part of the operating system) stops performing its expected function and also stops responding to other parts of the system. Often the offending program may simply appear to freeze. If this program is a critical part of the operating system kernel the entire computer may crash (a system crash).

Having noted the definitions for data loss I’ll note a few reasons why it occurs, and how to recover the data, as well as a few links to specialized sites.

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By Matt Garrett

If you are tired of using CDs or floppies to store your files, than you will want to consider online backup. Your hard drive might be crammed full of unfiled documents, and you might be wondering what in the world you would do if your computer crashed. Don’t leave your important information at the mercy of your fallible computer which might catch a virus, but if you get online backup, you can be confident that you will always have your files available. Online backup is easy to use and to understand. Once you see how well your online backup program will work, you will never rely on floppies again.

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