With a couple of fun blogs down...lets talk about something serious, This subject I will raise alot during our time together. But I have just had a little scare myself and it has reminded me to go back to basics. I recently pulled out my 1 terabite portable hard drive (for the technophobes I can store about 300,000 digital photos on this baby).
I connected it to my PC...nothing no response, tried it on another computer....nothing...it was corrupt. This confussed me because I religously keep my anti virus up to date, never open spam, I dont even forward on jokes because I believe it is a way viruses are spread... I am currently in the process I am currently in the process of recovering my drive. I will let you knowhow it goes, But here are some tips in avoiding data loss.
- When you buy a USB jump drive or portable hard drive......Buy 2 of the same size and keep them both up to date with your important files. Keep one with you and leave one in a safe place.
- Backup..Backup..Backup..Backup...and keep the backup in a safe place( I will cover more on backup in future blogs).
- Always check the backup files regularly (this is what I didnt do bugger...)
I am currently organising to backup my data in either a data centre (purpose built for keeping data safe) or at a mates place we will keep storage at each others place link via a computer network (if successful the designs will be in a future blogg). This setup will ensure his data has a backup in a secure place away from his office and visa versa.
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