I’ve already covered What to Backup and How HERE but an equally important question is When or How often do I Backup!?
When to backup depends largely on what you use the pc for, how often you use it and how important your data is to you! For example, I use my pc for business almost solely so I’ve a lot of data on it relating to clients, invoices etc.. and loosing this would be bad! My data changes almost on a daily basis too so I really need to back up at the end of every day or as files actually change.
Backing up as you go is only really possible with advanced backup solutions such as Online backup using the likes of www.putplace.com which backs up your files to a secure online location immediately on save. You can’t get better than that! But if you can’t use online backup due to lack of broadband or whatever then you’ll have to do it manually.
The only real tip is, whenever you create or modify a file of any kind that you really couldn’t bare loosing then copy it to another location immediately. If theres data you’re not too pushed about or if you don’t use the pc for business then maybe once a week would be enough.
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