Backups are an extremely important concept when doing anything with computers. Files can be damaged or even destroyed by events such as power failures, abnormal PC shutdowns, unsuccessful software upgrades, or basic user error. You should make it part of your routine to make regular backups of any data on your computer to external media.

With regular backups, if your files are damaged, at least you have something that you can restore. Your files may not be as up to date as when the problem occurred, but at least you have something. The more regular your backups, the less work you will lose if you ever need to restore your files.

Proper backups ensure that your business is not crippled due to data loss. It means you can avoid potential serious losses in sales, increase employee productivity and decrease computer maintenance costs and overhead.

Your backup regime should include more than just a simple file backup onto tape or CD. If your computer crashes to the extent that you cannot boot Windows, it is a lot of work to get your system back up and running. In this situation, "image files" are a great improvement over a conventional file backup. A backup image includes everything on your hard drive, including your operating system, applications, personal settings and all of your data files. You only need to restore the backup image to have your system back up and running, followed by your most recent file backup. Images allow quick restoration of failed systems to a specified point-in-time without taking hours to manually rebuild PCs or reinstall applications from scratch.

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