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Tips to Protect Your Valuable Digital Data

Tips to Protect Your Data

1. Backup, back up, back up!  Always keep a current copy of your data on another type of storage media.  Test and verify your backups regularly.  Keep at least one verified copy offsite and secured.
2. Invest in a comprehensive backup strategy.  Consult your service provider about the right backup solution for you.
3. Back up and verify your data before performing any system upgrade.
4. Invest in a UPS (uninterruptible Power Supply) for all your computer equipment to protect against power spikes, blackouts and other power issues.
5. Turn off external storage devices only after shutting down the computer to avoid possible directory corruption from occuring.
6. Purchase an anti-virus solution.  Subscribe to the automatic update feature to limit the opportunity of being infected by a new virus.
7. Do not move a drive whie it is operating.  Physical damage could occure resulting in data loss.
8. Provide adequate space around your computer equipment to allow for circulation and cooling.
9. If the drive was previously in a very cold invironment, allow it to warm up to room temperature before operating.
10. If you hear unusual noises, turn off the unit and immediate call the DriveSavers.  These sounds may indicate a mechanical problem that could result in data loss.

Data Recovery

The Computer Guy performs Data Recovery service at a very affordable rate.  However, if all our efforts availed us little in trying to recover your data, we may recommend DriveSavers as the next best option for data recovery.

Since 1985, DriveSavers has recovered data from hard drives and other storage media that have crashed, mechanically failed, been physically damaged, infected by viruses and worse.  This has earned us them the reputation as the most advanced and progressive data recovery service in the industry. There staff has extensive experience developing unique technology with major drive manufacturers to give you the most accurate data recovery possible.

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Types of Computer Viruses

Basic knowledge about security threats can be useful. It’s sometimes hard to know how a risk must be dealt with before you know its consequences. With a computer virus, the consequence sometimes results in complete loss of your data and/or identity theft – so it’s best to learn sooner rather than later!  There are nine basic types of computer viruses:

1. Boot Sector Virus

The term “boot sector” is a generic name that originally derived from MS-DOS but is now applied generally to the boot information used by any operating system. In modern computers this is usually called the “master boot record,” and it is the first sector on a partitioned storage device.

Boot sector viruses became popular because of the use of floppy disks to boot a computer. The widespread usage of the Internet and the deprecation of the floppy has made other means of virus transmission more effective.

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