Most people who use personal computers are well aware now of the importance of having virus protection on their PC. This is even more easily accomplished now since PC manufacturers now preload this application prior to shipment. That certainly takes care of the virus issue. What about the rest of your security concerns?
While most people are not really up to speed on this issue some have learned the hard way that backing up your system and your data files is absolutely critical to finishing the security portfolio on your PC. Doing a file backup is nothing new to PCs. Most large IT organizations provide this service to all users with software that is ‘smart’. What ‘smart’ means is that in a large IT environment this software will scan your PC and look for any new or updated files and do a copy/replace. This kind of central backup replaces every file that is new or changed. This process is called “versioning” and it is long overdue.
The way that most personal users of computers back up their files is on CD. This is very easily accomplished since these files now store 4.8G of data and they are highly reliable. Since most newer PCs have CD or CD/DVD drives this technology is well within the reach of almost all users. The caveat is that this is a manual operation requiring personal scheduling and discipline.
The next step up from this level of data security is to execute a hard drive total backup. This is a drive backup not a selective backup of files or directories. In order to accomplish this you will need a second hard drive with more capacity than the original. This places the entire contents - as is - on a secondary drive. This is really a step up from the burning of CDs. {There are some operating issues but it is overall a pretty easy to accomplish data security strategy. | There are minor operating issues involving use of the alternate drive in standard PC operation.
The final option that is getting very good press these days is the backup/restore online service. It is an online data security and backup service. There are standard and upgrade versions of this service in most cases. Enhanced classes of this service scan your system and copy only the files that are new or altered.
There are custom services and other kinds of alternate drives, but the three concepts mentioned here are the primary ones. The most important thing is to use something. Data is often more precious than gold.
Remember to maintain and backup your system registry. You can get registry software that performs the maintenance, backup and other registry fix functions that should occur weekly. They will also accomplish the needed Registry Repair and maintenance function as well.
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Author Resource:-> James Roberts is Senior Article Editor for What-Why-How researching and writing on numerous topics including how to use registry software and best ways to fix registry that work fast!
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