Backing up of files

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I use an external drive from LaCie.

LaCie - SAFE Mobile Hard Drive - Fingerprint Access Control

LaCie - Hard Drive, Design by F.A. Porsche - USB 2.0 and FireWire

LaCie - Little Big Disk - FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0

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We use www.boxnet.com

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We use an external drive

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I thought you maybe interested in this article that goes over the pros and cons of the various ways you can back up your files:

Choosing an external storage format to back up files

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Thanks for the article Biz Advice it was helpful!

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We have redundant servers where we keep our back up information.

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That article is flawed. So an external drive is a Zip drive is it?... :rolleyes:

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Computers have a tendency to go wrong from time to time, these days total hard drive failure is rare, but it does happen.

One of the more common problems nowadays is the threat from viruses, with some of the more serious infecting the master boot record of a hard drive's file system. If the master boot record of a hard drive is infected with a virus, then the Fdisk utility, or similar, would most likely have to be run, the chances are the data on the drive would be lost, or at least costly to recover.

Operating system failure and bad software installation are other things that can cause problems when it comes to recovering files.

How frequently you back up will depend on how often you use your PC and what you use it for.