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What is a backup and how to do one?
backup is a term in English that stands for security copy and
its creation has as an objective saving all the general
information of the system, in any magnetic device, in order to
prevent possible attacks that could originate some malware or
from a bad operation made by the computer’s user, which could,
in the future,
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allow the possibility of recurring to the
safety copy in order to recover the information and the settings
you had and start the system according to the information you
had stored in a previous point, leaving aside the damages that
were caused.
backups are used as a system’s restoration media for some wrong
settings or virus entrance, just as if it was a way for freezing
the information and then it can be loaded in order to replace
the new system. With this utility you can recover files that
were erased, programs that were eliminated, information that was
edited, “eliminate”. viruses and, also, the damages they caused. |
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In the business area, the usage of security
copies is mandatory as a control measurement of some budget,
this information can be saved in magnetic tapes, although, for
personal backups, it could be stored in
flash drives, CD – ROM,
or through the usage of virtual space, such as Hosting (which
are hosting information places) through the
Internet. |
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There are different ways of
storing files,
to store data in the right was, after a
determined time in which the backup is
required, it is needed that the information
is very organized and detailed according to
some method. This storing strategy can be
written by hand, in which it can be recorded
through recording or modification dates, or
you can also go to the related data base
system, which is a better option and,
specially, one highly used in companies. |
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besides from these two storing methods,
there are also programs that are specialized in making very
detailed security copes, this type of software is divided for
the usage of standard users and advanced users or big companies,
due to the fact that the storage type is less demanding in a
regular which requires a simpler software, so the person is
carefree by doing this type of process, which has the fame of
been dangerous, such as the partitions
formatting.
The acronis True Image Software creates and stores an identical
copy to the one contained in your hard drive, it can also be set
to copy just a part of it; it also counts with a fabulous
storing option, which allows the instant restoring of the
operative system, as well as from the installed programs,
personal information, etc. |
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This program can be downloaded through the
internet: http://www.acronis.com/
another very used program is the Norton Ghost 12, which is a
little more advanced when counting with many edition tools, such
as compression and encoding, well usage of restoration points,
security copies which can be increased. This program is an
alternative to the feared formatting, in which, because of a
virus, all the information has to be deleted, but with this
software this is no longer the case. It can be downloaded from
its own website: http://www.symantec.com
The Roxio backon Track software is characterized by its simple
and intuitive interface, even though this means that it lacks
from some advanced tools, for which this software could be very
useful for users that are not familiarized with computers. For
the restoration of a file, you only need to digitalize the
address in which it is hosted and apply the operation. It is a
free software and can be downloaded from here:
http://www.roxio.com.
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