DataPocket
User’s Guide
6.
Backup Tips and Techniques
6.1.
Recommended Backup Schedules
It is a good habit to back up your important pictures, music, videos, documents,
programs, and other files as often as possible.
Since it is easy to forget running regular backups, here are some recommendations
that will help you establish a regular backup routine.
Business users / Heavy users:
If you use your computer daily for critical tasks where losing any data would cause a
significant setback, it is best that you run a backup at the end of each day.
Non-critical users / Personal users:
If you use your computer occasionally or do not change your computer contents
often, it is sufficient to run a backup from once a week to once a month depending
on your level of computer activity.
Special Events:
You should always back up your computer right after special events where you
significantly changed your computer contents.
For instance, after coming back from vacation and downloading your vacation
pictures to your computer.
Or, after finalizing that important presentation that you’ve spent the past 72 hours
working on non-stop.
And, at particular time markers such as the end of the quarter, the calendar year,
and the academic year.
Notebook Users:
If you use a notebook computer, you should take special care to back up your data
even more frequently than desktop users.
In addition to your regular backups, you should also run a backup before events
where you will be transporting your notebook computer.
For example, you should run a backup before getting on the plane for business trips
and before leaving the office for meetings across town.
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