Backing up your Data

Why Backup

Computers can and do break down, disks can develop faults and you can delete things by mistake.

So you need to make copies or backups of your work on floppy disks, hard disks, tapes or writable CDs and store them in a safe place.

It is important to make a backup copy of your data, otherwise you might lose it.

 

 

 

It is also a good idea to store your backups in a separate place. If your house burns down, not only will you lose your files but your backups too!

Businesses often store the backups of their original files in separate buildings, so if the worst happens they can quickly get started again.

Never think that it won't happen to you. It probably will but hopefully not as bad as this, and you'll be really glad you've got copies and not lost all your work, music and films.

 

 

 

 

What you have to do!

1. In your "Data & File Types" document;
   1. Explain what can go wrong with computer systems.
   2. Describe what steps you take to prevent loss of all your data.

 

 

What you should be able to do!

1. Describe what a Backup is.

2. Explain why it's so important to make backups.

3. Outline some of the precaution you should make when keeping backups.