How To Prevent Data Loss On A Computer

Viruses and hardware malfunctions can cause you to lose massive amounts of data from your computer. This article will give you some simple steps to use in preventing data loss on your system.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Step 1

Keep your data organized. Keeping the information on your computer organized in folders will be a great help when it comes to backing up your information.

Step 2

Learn where important files are stored on your system. For example, the mail from your Outlook or Thunderbird, save files for games you play, settings files from your most used programs, etc. Once you know where they are, you will know where to make backups from.

Step 3

Whenever you download a program or other file you might want later, preserve a copy in a folder on your computer, so you can form backups later. This saves you from needing to download it again later.

Step 4

ZIP or RAR your data from time to time. I suggest once a month, go through your computer and make compressed copies of all your famous data. Make sure you have backups of things like: email, photos, work files, downloaded programs, music and videos, set aside game files, fonts, program settings, and any other files you could not easily replace after a system crash.

Step 5

Back up your data onto CD, DVD, or a spare hard drive. This way, you have a copy available if your system becomes infected, or suffers a hardware crash. Be sure you date your backups, so you know which are the most recent when you need to restore. If your computer can contain two hard drives, using a second drive as an “archive” drive, can be a great way to keep backups, and you can update it frequently.

Step 6

Gain sure you virus scan all files before compressing them for archiving. Even if they’ve been on your system for a long time, it’s good to scan for infections, that way you don’t bring infected files back to your system during a restore

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