How To Keep Your Files Safe From Eradication - Personal computers are fantastic storage devices. They readily retain tremendous quantities of pictures, videos, files, songs, as well as ebooks.
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Personal computers are fantastic storage devices. They readily retain tremendous quantities of pictures, videos, files, songs, as well as ebooks.
Author: Leon Faytop
Date: Dec 19, 2011 - 3:14:43 PM
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Computers are great at storing large amounts of data. They readily store huge quantities of photos, videos, papers, song titles, as well as books. Because of this, many of us have shifted clear of conventional print media and hard copy pictures, films, and songs. Why have an entire room loaded with books and dvds, when you're able to put them all using your laptop?
Sadly, this leaves us very vulnerable. One PC data drive failure and we might be totally destroyed. In this article I'll go over a few of the actions you can take to safe guard your digital items. We'll look at the benefits and drawbacks to purchasing the best external hard drive, internet data backup, as well as having a VPS.
The standard method for saving your computer data is to simply purchase an external hard drive for your PC. Essentially, you'll duplicate data from your normal data drive over to your external hard drive so that you'll have an extra copy of everything. The primary advantages to this technique is that it doesn't have any monthly fees linked to it, and you don't need to concern yourself with people hacking into it via the internet.
A major drawback however is that it calls for some work. You'll need to set your laptop up to copy the files over and you'll need to disconnect it when it's not being used. Additionally, if your property falls victim to a fire or a robbery, you'll lose your external data drive along with your personal computer. Of course, you can get a fire proof safe to get around this last disadvantage.
Saving your data through an online storage company is fantastic because you can access it from anywhere there is internet access and you do not have to worry about losing it in a fire. The two main drawbacks are the monthly cost along with the threat of hackers taking your information. These shortcomings also apply to people that invest in a VPS.
A VPS is a virtual private server that basically behaves as a remote computer. It is great because you can store data on it as well as run software programs from it. Generally, it may also have its own IP address, so you'll be able to put it to use when you don't want to use your own IP address. This means that you could potentially get one with an IP address that has access to things you can't gain access to from your own IP. An example would be Americans choosing a British IP to get into BBC programing.
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