100,000 homes are said to have been severely affected by Hurricane Katrina. Washington Post article on storage of digital photos, computer files, and other digital information is what triggered this post.
They are discussing ways to store and snatch it away in a moments notice so that all your critical data is safe. However to do this, you need to have the habit of storing your data in an organized manner and copying important data in a secondary storage or location.
However, more important than that is your commitment to adhere to a certain data organization method and following that routine religiously.
About the actual storage, there are two ways of safe keeping your documents outside your PC.
1. Using CD, DVD storage, USB flash memory, and removable hard disk.
2. Online storage! Through online storage / backup utilizing services of companies like xdrive, ibackup, filesanywhere.
Yet another method is storing your mails on the Internet, (hotmail, yahoo, gmail) etc…and photos in photo sharing sites so that at least that part of your content is in safe hands.
Let alone a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina, even when a virus strikes your PC or when your PC crashes with data loss, keeping a recent backup of your critical data will be of immense benefit.
The Digital Storage Solution - Washington post.
Backing up files, e-mail. – Your PC / CalicutNet.com
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