Admit it, you have heard you should
be backing up your computer files.
At some point in your experience
with computers, you have probably
lost an important document and
thought “I should have probably been
backing up my files.” There are a
lot of reasons you could lose your
data: data corruption, accidental
deletion, theft, flooding, fire.
You probably thought it’s too much
work or maybe you don’t know how to
do it. It’s not “if” you lose
your files, it’s “when”. Backing up
your files isn’t that tough though
and there’s actually an excellent
philosophy that you can live by. If
you follow this philosophy, you can
sleep tight at night knowing you
will never lose your data.
It’s called 3-2-1 Backup.
You should have three copies of your
files. This typically means the copy
on your main hard drive, a copy on
an external hard drive in your house
or a DVD, and one copy online in the
“cloud” or possibly on a hard drive
or DVD in a safe deposit box or at a
friend/relative’s house.
Have your data stored on a hard
drive, DVD, tape, thumb drive,
online, etc. This prevents
different types of hazards.
Use an online backup service like Carbonite or Mozy to
automatically backup your files
online as you create them. (For
photos you could also use a photo
sharing site like SmugMug, Picasa or Flickr to
backup your photos as well as share
them online.) You could also keep a
backup hard drive at your parent’s
house (preferably several miles away
from your house).
Student Computing Device Reference Sheet
Virus and Malware Advice
Keeping Kids Safe Online
Questions?...
Email us today!
3-2-1 Backup Philosophy
3 copies
2 different media types
1 offsite
Cool Tools...
https://www.carbonite.com/en/
https://mozy.com/
https://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/products/security-essentials
https://www.dropbox.com/
https://evernote.com/
https://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx
Email:
fcs@fcs-online.org Fax: (916) 962-0783
Address:
7736 Sunset Ave. Fair Oaks CA 95628
Click here for directions