31st March has been designated World Backup Day, which is a useful reminder that if you store data on your computer, you really should safeguard against its loss by backing up to another location.
The big danger is that people might think they should only do a backup once per year! The truth of the matter is that if you have data you do not want to lose, you should back it up every time you make a change!
Simple, sensible backup routines are available to everyone, regardless of ability or equipment. Depending on quantity and frequency, you can back up to an external disk drive, a network drive, a thumb drive, a writeable CD or DVD, or an online backup repository or cloud backup.
Easy to use software can automate the process for you too, so you can set it and forget it. One we like especially is Karen's Replicator from Karen Kenworthy http://www.karenware.com - it's freeware and so easy to set up a child can manage it.
With such easy ways to do it, there's no reason why you should not be backing up daily or weekly. Go try it out and save yourself a lot of hassle if your hard drive fails.
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