This post was originally published on March 20th, 2014.
Were reposting it today in honor ofWorld Backup Day.
When your computers hard drive fails, it can be gut-wrenching.
At best, maybe you lost a really important presentation you were working on.
Every hard drive fails one day.
Backup service Backblaze says50% fail after only four years.
Save yourself the trouble and start backing up your box now.
Many of you have probably already experienced this already.
And those of you that havent…well, you just haventyet.
Its a scary thought, but it doesnt have to be.
They know what backup means, and they even know what an external hard drive is.
They might even have one.
However, you should still heed these warnings.)
Everyone has something to lose.
All thats left is to actuallydoit.
Luckily, we have guides just for you.
You have two choices when it comes to backup.
you’re free to:
Back up to the internet (recommended)with a program likeCrashplanorBackblaze.
you’re able to also back up to an external drive withCrashplan, as described above.
External drives are okay, but this method wont protect you in case of fire or theft.
(verify you usea quality external drive, too.)
Check out the guides linked above for instructions on how to set up each method.
Heck, its evena good idea to have multiple backupsif you really want to keep that data safe.
But at least start with one.
Do It Today
Convinced yet?
If so,stop whatever youre doing right now and put it on your to-do list.
Got a free hour tonight?
Got a bit of free time this weekend?
Skip the movies and set your first backup.
The movies will still be there next weekend.
This is not something you’re free to afford to keep pushing back.
Most importantly,pass it on.
If you dont, youll have to hear about it the next time they lose something important.
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