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Backup is neccessary for computer users
Backup is the process of preserving copies of your files on a different drive, folder, or a medium to protect it against the destruction or loss of the original files in case of a system failure. Data can be unintentionally lost due to many reasons such as careless deletion, formatted, lost partition, virus infection, unexpected shutdown, etc. So backup is essential to computer users.
Here are some statistics of data loss from website: 6% of all PCs will suffer an episode of data loss in any given year. Given the number of PCs used in US businesses in 1998, which translates to approximately 4.6 million data loss episodes; 31% of PC users have lost all of their files due to events beyond their control; 30% of all businesses that have a major fire go out of business within a year. 70% fail within five years. (Home Office Computing Magazine); 93% of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within one year of the disaster; 50% of businesses that found themselves without data management for this same time period filed for bankruptcy immediately. (National Archives & Records Administration in Washington).
We should be alarmed by these awful statistics of the importance of backup. Just back up your data by creating an image and then restore it. If you regularly make backup image of your files and keep them in a separate place, you can still get your data back form where you back up in the event something happens to the originals on your computer. Or you can just copy your data to other safe place. Today, users have many ways to backup, such as on-line backup, backup software, using the backup utility built in Windows Operating System.
Tips:
Don't try to copy programs like Microsoft Word, which can be reinstalled from the original CDs you purchased. Likewise, the operating system software - Windows itself and any software provided by your computer maker - can usually be recovered from the installation or System Restore CDs that came with the computer. And you also need not to copy some other programs like EASEUS Partition Manager. You can require re-downloading it by providing your order information to its vendors.
