How do you backup?

Answer 1

Basically, you have many ways to backup your data... but all are not equal.

If your backup strategy is 'copy my files to a CD or a USB key once a month, and leave the CD next to the laptop', this probably isn't a great backup strategy - the time between backups is too long, and if there's a fire, you lose the data, AND the backup.

A better backup strategy is 'once per day copy my files to an external hard drive, and then take it to work. The next day, use another hard drive, and keep swapping them, with one hard drive always at home, and the other at work'. It's a good system, you'll always have a copy of your data onsite (at home) and another copy offsite (at work). The only problem with this way of backing up is that you have to remember to do the copying every day. Plus, you only keep one 'old' version of your files, and it'll be erased after 1 day.

Automated, cloud backup software is a much better way of backing your data up. Cloud software will automatically backup the data you specify, within a specified time frame, directly to the secure servers. Every time you modify a file, a new version of it will be stored in your backup - the old versions are kept for as long as you specify.

Answer 2

It is when you make a copy of files that are in your computer to another media, say a blank CD or a floppy disk, so that in the event your computer crashes, you wouldn't have lost your important documents or even program files so u don't lose eney think