People generally know that backing up their data is a must. Unfortunately, most of us don’t think about actually doing it until something happens. Hard drives, USB drives, Network attached storage devices, etc.. like anything else, can fail at any moment. Natural disasters such as fires and floods also have the potential to damage data. It is crucial that you develop a plan to backup documents, media, family photos, operating systems, etc… There are many backup solutions available today that once set up, are simple to use and can be forgotten about almost entirely. If ever something happens, you have peace of mind in knowing that your data is safe.
What Should I back up?
Generally speaking, our clients call us to backup files and folders, individual computers, network servers etc… No job is too small or big and we assist in safeguarding anything from important documents and email, to music and video, family photos, etc…
Hard Drive Backups
Santa Barbara PC Tech can help back up your data to a local external or internal hard drive. This can be placed alongside your current drive or placed somewhere in your home, connected wirelessly or wired, via a NAS (network attached storage).
Online Computer Backups
Looking for an online backup solution to help protect precious data? Look no further! Here at SBPCTECH we have done the research and found IDrive to be best in class. IDrive offers the most affordable full-featured backup package for computers, PC’s, laptops and notebooks, PC and MAC. IDrive, coincidentally, was also rated the “best online backup service for 2020” by PCMag and is the go-to backup solution that we suggest to all our clients.
Worried about losing files? Contact us now for help with computer backups!