Fair Backup

Backup process has quite a number of benefits along with some advantages over simple file copying.

What is backup?

Backup is a process or a result of a process of copying your files to another location. It can be an external hard disk, a CD or DVD, an FTP or WebDAV server, a network computer or even a flash USB drive. In any case, the files are copied to preserve them in case something nasty happens to the originals, like a hard disk crash or worse.

Backup benefits

If you backup your files at a regular basis, you can:

Backup advantages over file copying or duplication

A backup process, even not a sophisticated one, has a number of advantages of simple file copying:

What is the best way to backup?

There is no single way to the best backup, as everythin depends on the situation. If you backup your work documnts, you will need one backup medium and your own backup schedule, if you backup your image, photo or MP3 collections, you will need another medium and another backup schedule. In a nutshell, the best backup is the one that takes the least time, provides maximum possible convenience when backing up and restoring files with the least expenses.