King IT Services Ltd.

One of the first questions a IT Tech should ask a potential new customer is “what is you backup solution?”, then wait for the vacant look.  Most of us realize how important it is to back up our data.  We all know someone who lost all of those precious baby pictures because they never backed up, but very few people actually have a backup solution.  Sure you have a DVD that you burned one weekend when you had nothing better to do, but how long ago was that?  If you are regular in your backups, where are those disks, or USB flash disks?  In the drawer beside your computer?  If so let me ask you this, what would happen if you had a fire?  That is why off site backup is just as important as backing up at all.  But how do you do it?

If you can remember to make a daily or weekly backup, and then take that backup off site you should be good.  If not, an online backup service could prove to be invaluable.  I personally use Carbonite as I like the ease of use, and it also works on the Mac.  I currently pay a flat yearly fee, and have 125GB backed up right now.  There are many other options out there, the important part is to back up – and store a copy either off site or on-line.

You will thank me when that virus hits or your hard drive goes poof.