In recent months, we have come across more customers than usual that have experienced an unfortunate event causing hardware loss at their facility. Thankfully through our disaster recovery plan, our backup process including an offsite backup, we have been able to recover all of the business critical data.
These events prompt me to remind all computer users that they should have in place a strategy for backing up the most critical information that they have.
Are you backing up your data? Are you taking a copy of that to a secure location?
Common files important to have backed up include:
- Quickbooks
- Digital Pictures
- Office Documents (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.)
- Digital Music
- Internet Favorites
- My Documents folder for Windows Users
This backup could be completed in one of the following ways:
- USB Key
- USB Hard Drive
- Burnable CD
- Burnable DVD
- Another Computer on your network
- An offsite automated backup
Common Ways to Backup:
1 - The simplest way to backup your files is to manually copy them to your backup location.
2 - Use a backup software package to automate the process
3 - Create a script to run and walk away from it while it is running
This is your opportunity to take some time now to think about what would happen if your office or house had a fire? What if my hard drive had an issue? What if…..
Contact us today to have a free consultation on how we can create a Disaster Recovery plan for you.
Nick Hemmert
