Backing Up Data in Vista
Back up your data!!! With more consumers relying solely on digital cameras to capture life’s moments, entire photographic and video histories are stored on computer hard drives. If you don’t back up your data, it could all be gone in the blink of a nanosecond. The latest trend in security suites is to include some type of maintenance and backup functionality, and Windows has included at least a rudimentary backup function for a while. Symantec takes it one step farther than the competition, providing 2Gb of online space for free (and the ability to purchase more space if necessary) with their Norton 360 product. The next step after developing the habit of backing up your data is to ensure you store a copy offsite, or somewhere that it won’t be destroyed in the same catastrophe that wipes out your hard drive. So, Symantec’s online backup helps users not only backup, but backup remotely. If you are using Windows Vista though, you may not need to use any additional software. The Backup and Restore Center function in Vista is simple, intuitive and effective. Regardless of how you do it, just know that you must back up your data regularly and protect it so that it is available for you to restore if a tragedy strikes your computer.