Backup-Backup-Backup by Michael Kaye
Why Do I Need To Backup My Computer? The question is this. If your computer happened to up and die one day and you lost all the information on it, would this affect your mood that day? If your answer was no then you would be one of the few that doesn’t need to Backup their computer. ... There are also companies that specialize in Data recovery and can recover Data even from water and fire damaged Hard Drives. ... This type of recovery must be done as soon as possible to the initial erasing of the Data before new files have the chance to overwrite the erased files.

Backing Up Your Data to Prevent Losing It! by Jason Perry
Backing Up Your Data to Prevent Losing It! Developing a disaster prevention and recovery plan, often the most overlooked or outdated of any business plan, can be the difference between keeping your company in the black and closing your doors forever. ... While it is always a good idea to backup your critical data, if your data is stored at the same location as your server—and you experience a natural disaster, a fire or flood—the odds are that you will still require data recovery on the hard drives, or tape restoration to get your data restored.

Recover File And Recover Data Tools by Sam Robert
The latest innovations in the computer field may prompt people to sell their old computers to buy new and the latest model computers. When selling the old computers, one normally deletes all the files on the computer, re-install the operating system and sometimes also format their drive so that... Most of the data shredder software not only helps in shredding data from the computer, but also helps in data recovery. ... It is only with the help of a data shredder software is it possible to get rid of all pictures, data and information permanently from the computer.

IT Security and You! Part 3 - Data and Hardware-Media Disposal by David Baldwin
IT Security and You! Did You Lock the Doors and Windows When You Left For Work This Morning? Part 3: Data and Hardware/Media Disposal Giving Away PCs and Hardware This article does not discuss the Data Protection Act etc. It is about the proper disposal of information held on hardware and... That being said, keep tabs on backups, backup data can contain even more data than your live systems, data now deleted for instance, but that data could still be of value to someone, it is valuable to you – or you would not have backed it up.

Condoms for Your PC – Backup Your Data by Tim Flynt
Backup is important and it is usually ignored. It is ignored until some malware wipes out a critical document, a power surge burns the PC, or you look away for a minute at the airport and find your laptop is missing. Let's look at what you can do to prepare for such a catastrophe. ... If you backup to a 2nd disk drive, you have the added insurance of recovery of data if your primary disk drive fails. ... For critical situations, you might wish to do both "disk mirroring" and a copy to an external disk drive.

Electronic Data Discovery by Marcus Peterson
In the electronic age, huge amounts of data are being generated and stored electronically. Everyday, millions of electronic data pages are being created, transferred and stored in multiple locations. Most of this data is very valuable and critical, especially for businesses. ... The process of electronic data discovery involves some stages: generation of the inventory list; generation of the list of required data that is to be discovered; creation of validation tools and checklists; data retrieval using special software tools; and validation of the data.

3.5" FDD (Floppy Disk Drive) is Dead! Long live the USB Drive! by Akhilesh Singh
Do you remember the last time you used the FDD drive of your computer, and for what? Chance is if you have used it then it would be for some emergency booting of the computer, or for recovery of your broken OS. Meaning you would have not used it for data transfer using this medium. ... We can all recall the "Sector 0 Bad" error, and myriad number of utilities supporting various recovery and advanced modifications like: - One marking sectors bad (NDD - Norton Disk Doctor and its surface scan (ultimately acquired by Symantec and is part of its Norton Utilities Toolset right now).

Local Vs Remote Data Backup - The Pros And Cons by Niall Roche
Backing up your data should be an essential part of your daily routine. Unfortunately for many businesses this simply isn't the case. The only time data backup crosses their mind is when they have a hard disk crash or a serious spyware or virus infection. ... That's not to say that bulk data such as archived email is not important but that old data could be recovered in time by a data recovery specialist whereas you mission critical data needs to be available at a moments notice. ... Local Data Backup Most companies rely on either DVD, external hard disk or tape drive data backup...

Avoiding Surprises When Backing Up Your Data by Andrew Mapp
Most business owners are aware that it is critical to keep a backup of their data. But how often should you backup and what type of technology should you use? As we are in the information age, it is really not that hard to find a solution for a problem, but the big question remains. ... The disk backup solution is the quickest backup and recovery solution. ... This solution is mainly for small companies where all company data can be stored on a single large disk drive. ... I have seen corrupted backup data and firms which have outgrown the maximum capacity of their backup medium over a...

Planning A Backup And Restoration Of Files For Disaster Recovery by Roger Stuart
The Backup utility creates a copy of data on a hard disk of a computer and archives data on another storage media. Any storage media such as removable disks, tapes, and logical drives can be used as a backup storage. While taking a backup of files, the Backup utility creates a volume shadow copy... Backing up a System State Data System State Data System State data contains critical elements of the Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. ... System Recovery In the event of a system failure, the recovery of the system is difficult and tedious for administrators.