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Today we rely more on computers than ever, and why shouldn’t we. Computers have allowed us to run our businesses more efficiently, and have enabled us to do more than ever. Every day we fire up our computers and start working. We expect them to work the right way for a long time, but what if they don’t? What if today your hard drive crashes and you lose all of your business’s inventory, or your customer list. What if a natural disaster happens and your office and all of its contents are destroyed? What if there is a theft at your office and you deal with customers’ social security numbers and other sensitive information?
One solution that people have for this problem is to print everything off. There are a few flaws with this solution. The first is that unless you store your files in a different location you are just wasting paper and space. If you were to have a office fire, you would lose your computer, and your back-up system. The second problem with this system is that keeping it up to date is almost impossible, and time consuming.
The best solution is to back up your computers to a off-site storage. There are services that offer this for a small monthly fee. A cheaper alternative is to buy a external hard drive and copy your files on to it. Today, you can but over 1 Terabyte for about $150. One a week copy your files on to this hard drive and store it some safe off location. I recommend a bank safety deposit box. This way you can have a few weeks worth of backed up files that you can use. You don’t have to worry about your files being hacked into form a service provider’s server.