Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Sound familiar? That was always my motto (still is sometimes) but as far as backing up my computer, procrastinating is the last thing I do! I have learned my lesson after losing precious data from multiple hard drive crashes!
Think disaster wont strike your computer? I have news for you: statistics show that 1 in every 4 computer users suffers a critical data loss every year. Laptops are stolen and hard drives crash; its a fact of life. If youve never seen a grown man cry, wait till his computer crashes!
Still, Ive heard many excuses from other computer users about why they dont backup their machines. Well, they might sound good, but they really do not hold up.
I conducted a small survey among computer users to find the most popular excuses. The top three excuses are shown below, along with my rebuttals.
3. I dont know how.
Nows the time to learn. If you have learned to use a computer, you can learn to backup your files. It can be as simple as burning a CD or clicking on folders and selecting back this up.
Find the nearest computer whiz and tell them you want to back...