Keep Good Back-up’s

While keeping a good back-up is something that really goes without saying it is really something that i would suggest is even more important for someone who is working with no fixed office. While it is fine to think that nothing is going to happen. The fact all comes down to there are more different problems that can arise where a back-up may come in handy.

While most of the exsisting reasons for taking a abck-up are very much valid, there some additional reasons as well. One good example is with laptops, while they are an item that is designed to be moved around, the more they are moved, and esspecially if they are not moved carefully they have a higher chance of failing, which could end up in lost data. Another thing is theft, while you don’t like to think that it may happen, and the chances are it wont, there is always that possibility.

So what and how should you backup. The most important things that you should be backing up is any documents, accounting files, presentations, email, or other business related files. There is often little need to backup program files and windows files, as these are easy enough to replace later on.

The frequency with which you backup your information is entirely up to yourself, if you are working on and changing these files every day and downloading email and creating purchase orders, and invoices for clients. Then i would suggest backing up at a minimum the changed files each day. A quick and easy way may be to just store everything in a folder maybe labeled Business Data in your documents folder and then back-up that folder each day.

When backing up your data it is worth considering which is going to be the best option. While a USB memory stick may seem like a good option, you really need to use something a little more permanent. For small amounts of data or if you want to keep your back-ups seperate on a daily basis then a CD may be the best option. However if you need to back-up more then 700MB a day then you would be better looking at something like a an external hard drive.

Particular back-up meathod’s and the good and bad of the different meathods will be discussed a little later on, but please just remember to keep back-ups. In some cases the data you back-up and having a working back-up of the data could make or break your business.