Aundria Richard Technology

In this computerized age, making backups of your critical data has become a crucial, but often overlooked necessity.

You’ve probably heard the old cliché: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” There couldn’t be a more accurate statement when it comes to backing up and saving your valuable data.

Can you imagine leaving home or your business and simply not locking your doors? Anyone could enter at anytime, and do whatever they want. Using this analogy, if you were in a bad neighborhood, you might expect the uninvited guest to damage and possibly steal your belongings. In this case, a ‘hacker’, or even someone with a small amount of computer savvy, easily connecting to an unsecured wireless network could do similar damage to the contents of your hard drive. (Your files!!)

Here’s another good example;
Let’s say that you have just purchased a new turnkey business that is successfully thriving. Unfortunately after only one year, a fire destroys the whole building. Of course you can rebuild. But what about all of your customers? What will happen to all of the tools and utilities that you have been using to grow that business and to turn profit?

Well similarly, a high capacity, durable and well made hard drive may have a 5 year warranty. The hard drive manufacturer will gladly exchange your failed hard drive for a new one. However…there will be no consideration whatsoever for the files that are stored on your hard drive. Unfortunately, you’re on your own. (Unless the hard drive manufacturer also performs data recovery. In that case, they will happily refer you to a sales consultant to sell you data recovery.)

Computer backup is so important to your computer that to ignore it is to risk its damnation.

Computers require care and feeding. They require that you attend to their needs. If you don’t, then they will most surely be sent to Hell.

Halloween means Hell. What! What do you mean that Halloween means Hell?

Well, if your computer is given the option of trick or treat, which will it accept? Will it accept the trick or the treat? What do you think?

Halloween is the time that computers are subject to tricks or treats. Did you know that more computers fail on Halloween than any other day of the year? That’s right. It’s true (smile). Your computer is in danger! Protect it. Do your computer backups.

Back to the Hell thing. Hell you say? Yep. Well, what do you mean by Hell?

Computer hell is the place for computers without computer backup. The failure to perform hard drive backup means that you are playing Russian Roulette with your data. Data needs your protection. Failure to protect your data may cause your home or business records to be sent to Hell.

Hell in this instance is for the records and files that cannot be resurrected. Resurrected you say, what does that mean?

It means that without computer backup as a source of salvation then the files can safely enjoy eternal oblivion. Oblivion you say, what does that mean? That means they are eternally lost from computer resurrection.

Is there any mercy for my precious files, you ask?

Why yes there is. Would like to know what the mercy for your files is? Yes! Yes! You say.

OK boys and girls listen carefully. The salvation, mercy, resurrection and redemption of your files lies in regular and consistent and persistent computer backup.

If you backup your computer consistently and persistently your files will be resurrected and saved from accidental deletion, hard drive failure and those nasty things like fire, flood, theft, earthquake, hurricanes, tornados and the like!

There are so many ways to lose precious data stored on your hard disk – power loss or power surge, overheating, electrostatic discharge, virus attack, software failure, etc. Are you still thinking your data is safe? Don’t! Backup! Backup early, backup frequently.

WinBackup 2.0 Standard

Awarded Best Backup Software by Computer Shopper and termed “exceptionally simple to use” by PC World, WinBackup 2.0 Standard is now the obvious choice for home and small office users. Being one of the most efficient and reliable backup solutions available WinBackup 2.0 Standard will help you save both time and money.

WinBackup 2.0 Standard, the fastest backup and recovery software on the market, allows you to secure all your valuable data within minutes. Featuring a Windows-familiar and intuitive graphical user interface, WinBackup 2.0 Standard makes it extremely easy to set up and run regular backups in your existing environment. With shortcuts to over a 100 of the most popular applications, WinBackup 2.0 Standard makes it possible to easily and quickly backup emails, address books, bookmarks, digital images, financial documents and other records at the click of a button. Home and small office users can rely completely on WinBackup 2.0 Standard for full data consistency and integrity without compromising superior performance.

CompuApps Renaissance 2006 SE

Renaissance is a simple yet powerful Backup application that provides user the peace of mind by its ease of use, comfort and security, with optional verification. Renaissance enables selection of data with a quick and easy to use wizards. Comprehensive scheduling options allow the user to do backups at idle time, thus making the backup a painless and interference free process.

Protects servers, business-critical applications, desktops, and notebooks

Easy to set up and manage

Fast, reliable, secure backups

Smart restores with unparalleled accuracy

Backup to hard disks and removable disks

Simplifies media management

Major Functions

Dual Backup & Protection

Zero-Touch Backup

Value Pick

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Acronis True Image

The complete disk imaging, system disk backup, and bare metal restore for workstations and home PCs

Acronis True Image allows to create an exact disk backup image for complete system backup and disk cloning providing the most comprehensive data protection.

The disk backup file contains the exact copy of a hard disk, including all the computer data, operating system, and programs.

“Disaster preparedness” sounds dry, even dull … until your business takes a major hit from circumstances beyond your control. The sudden devastation shakes you to the core. What do you do?

According to The Gartner Group, an IT industry consulting firm, four out of ten businesses hurt by disaster never get back on their feet. Two out of ten more go out of business within two years after a catastrophic event. The numbers are even more staggering for small and micro-businesses.

Ironically, smaller companies and home-based businesses are in a better position to recover quickly – if they’ve taken a few steps in advance to prepare. You can’t stop the force of nature. But you can keep your business from becoming another statistic!

Here are three fundamentals to greatly increase the odds that your small business will survive a disaster:

1. Back up your data. Computer files and sensitive papers are irreplaceable once they’re destroyed. If you work at home, copy your files daily and place the back ups and important papers in a fire- and water-resistant safe. Most small businesses don’t do this! But you must if you intend to quickly resume operations after the moment passes. If possible, keep your back ups in a separate location from your office.

2. Insure what you can’t afford to lose. This usually elicits a “sure … right!” from home-based business operators, especially early in their new careers. But can you afford to pay the replacement costs yourself? Also, make sure to keep updating your inventory and equipment list so that you can later prove your claim. Keep that list in your safe as well.

3. Network to cover your customers during your down-time. Make friends with other business owners who provide the same services that you do. Contrary to popular belief, you will likely gain your customers’ loyalty by helping them meet their needs elsewhere until you’re back in service. And if you think about it, they’ll have to go elsewhere anyway while you’re putting things back together!

These three steps – backing up your data, insuring what you can’t afford to lose, and networking with other service providers – will protect your business from most unnecessary harm due to disaster. They won’t cover everything but they will get you to “higher ground” if the unthinkable happens.