This is very important, since our creation we have always under control and we can be effective in protecting it. 5 Establish a strict backup plan should establish a routine of rigid data backup operations and above all comply with it on a regular and disciplined. I commented that I use, simple but effective: copy weekly (Sunday night) all the previously selected data using a backup to a collection of DVDs (5 discs), each of which covers 7 days (disc 1 > day of the month 01-08) (disc 2 > day of the month 09-16), etc. up to 5 discs that cover the 30-31 days. According to the day of the month in which the copy is made, so the disc is selected.
It is a simple and effective plan without paranoia, that I apply to making a total compressed copy of the data, while maintaining 1-2 or 3 copies on each disk according to space. 6 Choose an efficient backup means the choice of the Middle fisisco where will be alamacenar safety information is very important and can go from a simple CD, DVD, tape backup systems to more sophisticated, or ZIP, JAZZ, etc a simple DVD burner in your computer, will be more than enough in the majority of cases. 7 Choose the backup program most appropriate to the chosen means there are plenty of programs of backup on the market and even Freeware that perfectly meet the task. Seek the most appropriate to the type of data, backup type, type of media, automatable or not, with compression, etc depending on our needs. I can recommend two free programs to begin with, COBIAN BACKUP and COMODO BACKUP. 8. Periodically check the brackets of the copies must be remembered that the CD, DVD and other media, are not eternal and heat, magnetic fields or intensive use and other aggressive factors can damage them. I recommend renewing our game of 5 disks each year.
Meanwhile, check whether the previous backup data is recorded correctly. 9. In general, maintain equipment and operating system fully sanitised is a very general point, but no less important, already that faulty hardware, or software, especially operating system which always occur when more inopportune, often the cause loss of data at the time of its recording or backup. Recalls: tool always to point 10 duplicate in any site on the web, some kind of data do not is of more as a complement to all these habits cited, placed on any web site of storage like Google Gmail which offer or the most recent Dropbox, a copy of those data that could require access from multiple computers and that as for Dropbox we could always be automatically synchronized and ready for dispose of them. If our precautions fail, we always have the web all these tips can be summed up in one i-m-p-r-e-s-c-i-n-d-i-b-l-e: be very METHODICAL and REGULAR, if it fails one of the two, have guaranteed disaster more soon or later. Perhaps already got these habits now? Do you have other customs just as tools that apply and that you can share with us? You can explain us them making a comment to this article below and give us more ideas.