Keep your data safe when you travel for the holidays

November 20, 2012

Every material thing in our lives can be replaced. Memories can’t. But the digital era means that our memories can be backed up. That’s especially pertinent as you get ready to leave your computer—and the memories you have stored on it—for an extended vacation. Whether you’re traveling for the holidays or as part of some other well-deserved break, you may be taking some time off, but the myriad problems that can still befall your digital equipment—theft, natural disasters, or just plain old failures—are still very much on the clock. So when you leave town for the holidays—a time when a house may be empty for an extended period—spare a thought for both the computers and drives you leave behind and the ones you take with you. I recommend a strategy that starts with backing up data before you leave and includes keeping backups of new photos, videos, and files you create while on the road. Before leaving We’ve tackled the topic of backups before, and that advice remains as relevant as ever: Always have at least two recent backups of critical or precious files (preferably one local and one off site), as well as an up-to-date clone of your startup drives. This gives you multiple paths for restoring your data. It sounds excessive, but Internet-hosted backups make this strategy practical. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.techhive.com/article/2015109/keep-your-data-safe-when-you-travel-for-the-holidays.html