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Computer Backup Awareness Month July 2007
Under the banner of ‘Computer Backup Awareness Month,’ we are aiming to raise awareness of how easy it is to back up data, and of the importance of doing so not only for businesses, but in an era of digital photographs and music downloads, for home users as well. it’s never a bad time to get better at backing up your data. A hard drive crash, virus/spyware or a natural disaster could instantly result in the loss of all your customer lists, music, digital photos and financial records. Unfortunately, most people don’t talk about making a backup copy of their data until after disaster strikes. By then, it’s too late. A recent poll sponsored by Maxtor showed that nearly half of adult U.S. computer users who have digital content stored on their machines risk losing their digital files because they don't back them up to external devices or media. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, queried 2,604 U.S. adult computer users. The reason most frequently cited by those who don't back up is that they're not sure how to do it (35 percent). Twenty-nine percent said they don't think it's important enough to worry about, 14 percent think it takes too much time and 11 percent don't back up because they believe backup devices cost too much. As part of our education campaign, we are promoting a five-step "best practices" program to protect digital files. We HIGHLY recommend that anyone owning a computer follows these steps. Develop a backup schedule. The easiest way to remember to do something is to make it routine. That’s why it’s important to develop a consistent back up strategy. We recommend backing up at the same time every day or – at the very least – setting one day a week to regularly back up your stuff. Back up everything. The size of today’s external hard drives – with solutions offering up to 1TB (or 1000GB) of space – has made it easier than ever to back up all of your data to one location. That means you no longer have to spend time sorting through every file or folder, deciding which ones to protect. You can back up everything, and know that it’s protected. Give yourself room to grow. When selecting a backup solution, we recommend investing in storage that's twice the size of your internal hard drive. That way your system has room to grow as you take more pictures, download more music, and generally create more files. Back up automatically. Set it and forget it. Use a solution that's easy to set up and provides automatic backups. That way you never have to remember back up, so you’re never left without protection. Rotate backups. Simply backing up to a local hard drive gives you a solid, base level of protection. You may also want to protect yourself in case of an earthquake, fire, flood, or theft by backing up to two separate drives and rotating them one at a time to an off-site location. Don't procrastinate. Sadly, most people learn that they need to be backing up their data from a bitter, costly experience. Don't let this happen to you. Protect yourself today so you won’t be sorry tomorrow. Because computers do throw unexpected disasters at you, it is important to know how to recover from them. Backups are great insurance against disaster and system failure, but this insurance policy is good only if you take the time to regularly back up your system.
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