Your Daily Computer Security Tips

I’ve talked before about backing up your files and data. Bad things happen in this world, and sooner or later one of them will happen to you. So you need to be prepared. You can read about flash or thumb (USB) drives here:
http://mypcsecurityblog.com/featured/flash-drives-handle-with-care

Two other options are to use an external hard drive or an online storage service. The latter is popular, as many free services can be found on the Net. But I have never liked them much, because your data is out of your control. Bad things can happen to these services, just as well as to you.

Recently, on Aug. 8 to be exact, one of these services called The Linkup (formerly MediaMax, an offshoot of Streamload) shut down. The company had about 20,000 paying customers, and says it saved about half the data entrusted to it. I’m sure those users are not too happy about the other half that is missing in action.

In the long run, I think your best bet for the average home backup is a USB drive or external hard drive. Get one of them, do your backups on a regular schedule, and you will sleep much better at night.