Data Backup and Recovery for Home Computers

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If you have a home computer then it is inevitable that at some point something will happen that causes you to lose what’s saved on it, and if you’re primary computer is a laptop then the chances of losing your data are even greater. If you woke up tomorrow morning and everything that was stored on your home computer was gone would you have a way to recover it from somewhere? If you’re like more than half of the people who own a home computer then the answer to that question is probably no. Disaster recovery planning in the home is equally as important as it is for businesses in that we all need our data and can rarely afford to lose it. It is important to note that when we speak of disaster recovery we are not referring to the type of biblical disasters that most people think of when they hear the word. A disaster in computer terminology is anything that causes the loss or destruction of data and can include any of the following: Hard drive failure, Operator error, Destruction of data caused by viruses or malware, Electrical Damage, Theft, Software errors, Vandalism, Flood or fire.computer repairs glasgowWhile a computer repair will in many cases be enough to get the computer running again, the data stored on your hard drive such as photos, banking information, documents, taxes, email, etc. will often have been wiped out in one stroke and without some form of off-site backup you may not be able to get it back. When you consider that a standard Pc or Mac hard drive has several 3.5″ platters inside spinning at 7200 rpm’s that each contain over a billion magnetic tracks and a magnetic read/write head that rides a thousandth of an inch off the surface of the disk and will damage it if it ever comes in contact (also known as a head crash) it is remarkable that hard drives failures don’t happen even more often than they do. The only way to protect against this is by implementing some form of backup system. The two most common forms of backup for home computer users and the pros and cons of each are as follows:For more information please visit “Data Backup Recovery glasgow” lvk