I often wondered, what is the best backup plan to use for my computer? As a good backup plans will allow me to restore my computing environment to its pre-disaster state with a minimum of fuss. Unfortunately, no single backup plans fits everyone's computing style or budget. So, you must devise your own backup plan that's tailored to your particular computing needs. I will just give you the outlines factors you should consider as you formulate your own backup plan.
Here are the checklist:
- Decide of how much of your data you want, need, and can afford to back up.
- Create a realistic schedule for making backups.
- Make sure you have a way to avoid backing up files that contain viruses.
- Find out what kind of boot disks you might need to get your computer up and running after a hard disk failure or boot sector virus attack.
- Make sure you can test your restore procedure so that you can successfully retrieve the data you've backed up.
- Find a safe place to store your backups.
- Decide what kind of storage device you'll use to make backups.
- Select software to handle backup needs.
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