The best backups are the ones you actually do

Hi, welcome to my new blog. This is where I'll be sharing as much as possible, the many ways of preventing the regular computer and laptop problems I see regularly, how to get the most out of your computer or laptop, and other tips and tricks that I hope you will find useful.

I enjoy using computers, when they are working properly. When they aren't working properly, they can be the most frustrating appliance ever inflicted upon the human being.

I thought I'd start this blog with something about backups. A lot of people talk about or think about doing backups. I just want to mention that this is a fairly useless activity, the futility of which becomes most apparent when you turn on your computer or laptop and the hard drive has mysteriously died at some point since the last time you used it. What this means, of course, is that all your data is irretrievably lost (let's assume major platter damage), and you have no backup copy. Now, aren't you glad you talked about doing backups? If you have data that is important, YOU MUST BACK UP REGULARLY!

That said, there's a very handy and free backup program called SyncBack, which you can program to automatically do a backup, from any drive in your computer or network, to any drive, network folder, external hard drive, memory key, or even FTP location. And, the best feature (for me anyway) is that it will also automatically email you a report when the backup is completed, or if it fails to run for any reason. Anyway, the name is SyncBack, click here to download this most excellent free backup software. It's free, it's totally safe, I've recommended it and installed it for clients literally dozens or possibly hundreds of times, and have always found it brilliant and spot-on. This is not an affiliate link and I'm not making any money whatsoever of the sale or recommendation of this software.

Ok, that's my tip for today. I hope you've found this useful, hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for reading.

Sean Loewen
Owner
The PC GP Computer Services

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