Sometimes it pays to review past information. In this case, I want to refer to the old posts on
“What not to spare”. I will provide the links to the rest of this series at the end of this post.
All PC users regardless of experience should be concerned with periodic backups of the hard drives.
You never know what you can encounter on a daily basis. You make changes to your computer on a daily basis with anything you do. You receive emails, create documents, visit websites, install programs, delete files, etc, the list can go on. All of these are changes to your PC. You really need to consider performing routine system maintenance on a regular basis. This can be a wide range of tasks, one of which should include a backup of data files or program files that you installed after you purchased your PC. It used to be that when you purchased your PC, you received backup disks with all of your programs on it. Now you have to create them from what is on the hard drive. Well, these are ok, but, anything new you add, you are responsible for.
What I recommend is that you pick a day/time frame to have your PC automatically back up your files. For that day, leave your PC up all day and night and have the backup run real early in the morning, so the procedure would be finished before you get up the next day. This is what I do.
Oh, yes, what about the System Restore feature that is on the PC? This feature is only as good as your hard drive. If your hard drive crashes, by by data and files. You need to have a backup of your files just in case something like this happens. I will tell you that It’s not a matter of will it happen, but when will it happen! Hard drives WILL NOT last forever.
See the following links for the rest of this series:
1. What not to spare – Part #1
2. What not to spare – Part #2
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