{"id":79,"date":"2024-09-23T16:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2025-06-24T18:54:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T18:54:54","slug":"makingbackups","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/makingbackups\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Backups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n\t<meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\/>\n\t<title><\/title>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"LibreOffice 7.6.0.3 (Windows)\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"created\" content=\"2023-02-07T14:41:19.333000000\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"changed\" content=\"2023-10-17T13:29:56.659000000\"\/>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t@page { margin: 2cm }\n\t\ttd p { line-height: 115%; orphans: 0; widows: 0; margin-bottom: 0.25cm; background: transparent }\n\t\tp { line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0.25cm; background: transparent }\n\t\ta:link { so-language: zxx }\n\t<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body lang=\"en-CA\" dir=\"ltr\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><font size=\"6\" style=\"font-size: 32pt\"><b>Backing\nUp Files and Folders<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; page-break-after: auto\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Backups<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n<table width=\"784\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n\t<col width=\"774\"\/>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td width=\"774\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 0cm\"><p align=\"left\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/backupicon.jpg\" name=\"Image3\" align=\"right\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; margin-right: 2.1cm; page-break-after: auto\">\nBackups are very important for data security. It is a good practice\nto make a backup of important computer files at least twice a year.\nOlder backups can be deleted as time passes when new ones are\ncreated. Backups should be stored on a separate drive than the\noriginal storage place of the backed up files. An external backup\ndrive that is kept away from the computer or laptop is a good backup\nstorage space. As long as the external drive is stored in a different\nlocation, this is true. For example, if a computer is where the desk\nis in an office or room, the backup drive should be kept for storage\non the opposite side of the room if backups are not scheduled to\nautomatically be made. Scheduled backups are best to be made to\nremote servers via the Internet (to the cloud in other words).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; margin-right: 2.1cm; background: transparent\">\n<br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; page-break-after: auto\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"5\" style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Backups\nto Backup Drives<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<table width=\"794\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n\t<col width=\"784\"\/>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td width=\"784\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 0cm\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/generaluploadicon.png\" name=\"Image1\" align=\"right\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; margin-right: 2.1cm; page-break-after: auto\">\nBackups to backup drives within the same area as the computer are\nlocal backups. Portable or stationary drives can be utilized. Backups\nto backup drives that are external to the computer or laptop are most\noften connected through a USB cable. Portable backup drives have a\nUSB cable with them when purchased. Stationary backup drives may not\ncome with their own cable for greater lengths of distances from the\ndrive and the computer unit. For greater lengths of cables, users may\nneed to purchase their own cable based on the backup drive\u2019s\nspecifications for connector port slot(s). External Hard Drives can\nbe installed to have separate power supply of its own, too. For such\ndrives, a power cord may be required for providing power supply. When\nchoosing a backup drive to use for backing up files, the type of\ndrive is important to consider. There are a number of drive types to\nconsider choosing. They include a Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Solid State\nDrive (SSD) and a Tape Drive. For Desktop computers and laptops, SSD\nbackup drives are the most common drives used for backup purposes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; margin-right: 2.1cm; background: transparent\">\n<br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; page-break-after: auto\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><b>Backups\nto the Cloud<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<table width=\"817\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n\t<col width=\"807\"\/>\n\t<tr>\n\t\t<td width=\"807\" valign=\"top\" style=\"border: none; padding: 0cm\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/clouduploadicon.jfif\" name=\"Image2\" align=\"right\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" border=\"0\"\/>\n<br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/td>\n\t<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; background: transparent\"><br\/>\n<br\/>\n\n<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 0.9cm; margin-right: 2.2cm; page-break-after: auto\">\nBackups to the cloud are made to backup servers which can be accessed\nfor data transfer via the Internet. Cloud backup servers are remote\nto where the backed up files are from. Therefore, they provide more\nsecure backup storage than on-site backup storage. Businesses\ngenerally opt for cloud backups. This is due to the increased\nreliability for disaster recovery. Suppose if the location of the\nfiles to be backed up is impacted by a natural disaster or crime and\nincurs physical damage which compromises computer systems and other\nequipment, the backed up files can be recovered from the remote\nbackup server. For this reason, cloud backups are more secure than\non-site backups. Cloud backup services do have a small cost incurred\nupon those utilizing the given service.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/computerbasicshub.html\"><font color=\"#ff0000\">Cumputer\nBasics Hub<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backing Up Files and Folders Backups Backups are very important for data security. It is a good practice to make a backup of important computer files at least twice a year. Older backups can be deleted as time passes when new ones are created. 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