One of the best ways to keep your documents and other files safe is to back them up. In the earlier days of computing, this meant making a copy of everything you wanted to keep and saving it to another media (tape, floppy disk, CD/DVD) that could be removed from the computer. Since then, more backup options have been developed, offering users a choice.
Tech-Talk.com has written a fantastic article and created an accompanying video to explain your backup options and discuss the pros and cons of each. Here is a quick summary of your options:
- Copy files to an external drive.
- Cloud drives like OneDrive, Google Drive, and iCloud can store a copy of your files on their servers.
- File syncing services like Dropbox or Box
- Cloud backup services like Carbonite, IDrive, and Backblaze
- A hybrid approach that combines two or more of the above
For more details about these options and how they work, head to Tech-Talk’s article “5 Ways to Back Up Individual Computers” for the article and video. For more information about using Tech-Talk, check out our introduction post.
