Valuable - and often sensitive - information is stored on every computer, whether at home or in the office. Can you afford to lose this data? It can happen faster than you might think. Or hope so. In principle, all it takes is a brief power failure and the hard disk is broken. Sometimes an expensive specialist can repair the hard disk and partially recover the data. Most of the time, however, any help comes too late.
Data loss is annoying and costs time, money and nerves. There is no such thing as one hundred percent security and there probably never will be. But you can protect yourself against the financial consequences, just like with insurance. Every data loss costs money. Directly, because you have to enter the data again, indirectly, because you cannot work productively during this time, cannot earn any money or, in the worst case, can even lose customers.
If you want to take zero risk, back up your data regularly with a backup program. There are various methods of backing up data. These are the most important ones:
-Complete backup. All data - from the complete drive to a partition or directory to individual data or specific file formats - is transferred to the backup medium.
-Memory image. The data carrier - hard disk, USB mass storage, optical media, data carrier in the network - or a partition is backed up one-to-one. In addition to data, the file and operating system with the user settings are also saved.
-Differential backup. The system only backs up the data that has been added since the last full backup. This saves time and storage space.
There are many backup programs that do this tedious and time-consuming work for you. Some cost nothing and meet simple requirements, others are so complex that they are almost impossible to use without a manual. As is so often the case, the solution lies in the golden mean: Data backup can and should cost something because it can save time, money and nerves, but it must be as simple as counting to three.
-Langmeier Backup Advanced for the individual workstation.
-Langmeier Backup Business for companies.
-Langmeier Backup Server for companies with server.
If you want to see for yourself how easy to understand and powerful these programs are, you can download the fully functional business version free of chargeand test it for 30 days without obligation.
about the author Urs Langmeier Founder and CEO of Langmeier Software
I don't want to complicate anything. I don't want to develop the ultimate business software. I don't want to be listed in a top technology list. Because that's not what business applications are about. It's about making sure your data is seamlessly protected. And it's about making sure everything runs smoothly while you retain full control and can focus on growing your business. Simplicity and reliability are my guiding principles and inspire me every day.
Valuable - and often sensitive - information is stored on every computer, whether at home or in the office. Can you afford to lose this data? It can happen faster than you might think. Or hope so. In principle, all it takes is a brief power failure and the hard disk is broken. Sometimes an expensive specialist can repair the hard disk and partially recover the data. Most of the time, however, any help comes too late.