Why you need to backup

Need For Backup

"Such a thing can never happen to me! It happens to others only!" So goes the mindset of most of us towards life in general. And the story with personal computers is not a tad bit different. In today's internet age a lot of our professional life and, to some extent, our personal life as well revolves around internet and computers. And hence this habit of taking things for granted although has rare but nonetheless serious repercussions when you lose your precious data.

Data is one of the most important aspects of our computer systems as you accumulate it after months and sometimes years of efforts. The probability of a failure is lower these days due to upcoming technologies and improved reliabilities. Still you don't want to risk your most coveted documents, music, emails, addresses, bookmarked sites, logs, software utilities, man hours of settings and customizations etc. In a flick of time you can get a personal feeling of emptiness without the data and a professional backlog in work.

Such loss might befall on an unprepared user by a spectrum of events such as hardware failure, software bugs, natural calamity, and accidents. Mishandling and sheer ignorance on user's part are also responsible for causing data loss. Though it is alleged that 90% of data losses are attributed to data corruption or user errors, other factors also pose a risk and apart from being a smart user, you should also go for data backup. Server backup is equally important for information systems which are mission critical, as in the corporate world, in production lines running 24/7, in global financial establishments, in academia, research, etc.

Traditionally PC backup procedures have been pretty demanding on time, money and efforts on the user's part. It being human nature to be lethargic towards such causes, the rescue lies in a system so convenient and flexible which eliminates intervention on her part towards such mundane jobs. And herein data backup service comes to your rescue!

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PC backup and server backup can save lots of hassles, business potential, time invested in creating data and wasted in recovering it, costs of data recovery, etc. Perhaps another very crucial thing for businesses is reliability and market image in eyes of customers, not to mention the importance of personal data to its owners. And data backup is the only cheap, fast and most prevalent way of saving data. It also provides fast, unattended recovery and integrity of saved data. Since backups can be stored in a different location from the original data, it is safe from physical accidents and natural calamities too.

Hence, if your data is critical for you, then the need of the hour is to avail a good PC backup service that meets your requirements and suits your budget.

  1. Jacky
    August 20th, 2007 at 04:01 | #1

    I have used DriveHQ Online Backup and other services for a few years now. I really like the service a lot. DriveHQ Online Backup can backup files & emails. Easy, secure, automatic. No device needed, works anywhere. It is the best alternative to traditional backup.
    - Schedule and real time backup,
    - supports incremental backup and resuming;
    - Backup, access and restore files remotely.
    - Group & business backup with multiple-PC support.
    - Customized website logo (view sample).
    – A lot more features.

  2. Gerry_ERP_Pro
    April 22nd, 2009 at 17:57 | #2

    Good blog..

    Backups are THE mission critical IT task in all Enterprise Continuity efforts.
    Too many businesses today are doing teh local/SAN/NAS backups, but are beginning to neglect Tape/off-site rotations. That is not enough!

    With capacities exceeding most storage, still, and libraries that accommodate volume pairing – the capacity is the number of tapes times volume per cartridge.

  3. June 16th, 2009 at 08:10 | #3

    Sudden loss of data could be fatal… atleast for some people. Local backup is good but not capable to handle disastrous situation, hence online backup is recommended. I likes SOS and Mozy for the purpose.
    Good article, well written.

  4. Jack Wallace
    July 3rd, 2009 at 15:14 | #4

    I use Second Copy 7. It’s very easy to setup and runs in the background automatically. The best part is I can sync my laptop with desktop as well as backup to my external USB flash drive. I love it. The price just right – only $29.95.

  5. July 23rd, 2009 at 01:03 | #5

    Nice article. I love how you started it: “…can never happen to me!” Sadly, that IS how most people think, until they lose data or forget about the time they last did. While I agree that a backup service is a good option, I also recommend that users have at least one image backup so that they can quickly recover from a drive failure. To backup user files (word, excel, mp3, et al), I recommend an online backup service that works automatically. Our Backazon software (http://backazon.com) fills this part of a good backup plan.

  6. July 23rd, 2009 at 01:06 | #6

    Sorry – forgot to mention that I recommend Acronis (http://acronis.com) for image backups. I am not affiliated with Acronis.

  7. April 18th, 2012 at 11:22 | #7

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  8. May 15th, 2012 at 16:28 | #8

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