How often do you back up?

parcel_guru

the best way to back up is, use online backup service but only for your spreadsheets and word documents do this daily because it takes very little space (costs less)
the rest, Pictures (dont leave them on your laptop, always print them) that's the best backup
then you got music ect..if the follwing applies

1) your laptop is under 1 year old (once every 2 months backup)
2) your laptop is 1 year old (once a month backup)
3) your laptop is 2 years old and more (twice a month backup)
4) your laptop is over 4 years old (stop backing up, change your laptop's hard drive with a new one)

IT CAN COST UP TO £2000 FOR DATA RECOVERY WHEN YOU DID NOT BACKUP YOUR DATA

matthewhotdude

Daily using Windows home server, and has saved my bacon a few times

poppy10_2

Why does this still need to be a sticky???

sophiez10

Well. I normally back up after every 3 months because I have never suffered from severe data loss. I found out that daily or weekly backup is not necessary. I back up in an external drive and also online via ftp.

superscaper

sophiez10 wrote: »

Well. I normally back up after every 3 months because I have never suffered from severe data loss. I found out that daily or weekly backup is not necessary. I back up in an external drive and also online via ftp.

Well frequency ties in with how frequently you generate important info. I can't even imagine losing 3 months worth of emails and work. There'd be huge amounts of irreplacable important info for me if I didn't back up frequently. And are you including your workplace? Depending on what I'm doing I may be backing up in some form hourly. Losing even half a day's work is expensive. As ever one should back up as frequently as you can afford to lose the amount of info not backed up in between. It shouldn't be based upon not having had data loss of some sort. Hard drive failures DO happen (speaking 1sthand).

Spongie

Guys, all i can say is that you should back up frequently. I work with computers daily and problems have bitten me on my rear so many times and i still learn the hard way. Here's a tip for you, sounds kinda silly and tedious but it's always a good idea to back up twice, but on 2 different drives. Or at least don't store important data on huge storage systems (i.e 2TB drives). That way if anything horribly goes wrong with the drive, you won't have the fear of losing all that data. Going to a specialist to recover your data is extortionate. The bigger the drive the bigger the dent in your bank account. *OUCH*

x.nukke.x

I have two external hard drives which I back up data to roughly once a month.

I also create regular system restore points because I dread the thought of having to reinstall all my software!

verytired

I'm in the process of buying an external hard drive now - I just can't resist downloading those US TV series
Any suggestions?

Joanstarling

I back up my data using the windows 7 backup feature - very easy to use and it's free.

MastaM

I never do, I have it done automatically, which helps