Any data that you may have on your laptop, PC or even in files kept in the cabinet is valuable to you. Now imagine if you were to lose. What would you do? Here are some things that can enable to make sure your data can be kept safe:
Pay attention to the Hard Drive: When working with your PC or laptop, it would be important to be cautious about the activities of your hard drive, especially for sounds that may come from the hard drive. Be careful to listen to the buzzing, whirring and clicking sounds that may come from the hard drive. Excessive noises emanating from the hard drive is an indicator that it is on the verge of failure. It is possible that when the click sounds are heard, a crash might have happened. The click sounds are as a result of certain internal components that are in contact with each other. But do not fret! Some, if not all, of your information can still be recovered by data recovery specialists.
Work in a clean, well ventilated environment: Overheating of the hard drive, especially for PCs, causes the internal components to expand, to an extent where some of them are in contact with each other. In this way, some click and whirring sounds can be heard due to the contacts made by the components. Therefore, it is advised to keep the computer in a well ventilated area that is dust free. The CPU can also be regularly maintained by performing blowing of the various internal parts like the motherboard. Make sure the fan is working well because it is the part of the computer that cools the hard drive.
Regular backup: This point can never be stressed more. As you keep working on your data, back it up as regularly as you can, even though it means after every 5 minutes. It is important to regularly backup your data. You may never know when the power will go or the information you are currently using will disappear. Choose an effective system of backup such as offsite backup, online backup, automatic backup and many other systems.
Installation anti-virus software: Once your computer is infected by a virus, it can cause major destruction to your computer and if not dealt with early, may lead to massive data loss. Viruses affect the computer by corrupting the files stored in the hard drive. If one is not careful, the virus can corrupt the key system files in the registry. Once this happens, the possibility of your hard disk crashing is 90%. It is always advisable that after buying a new computer (PC or laptop), one should purchase anti-virus software. This kind of software will detect viruses and others have the capability of even deleting the viruses.
Just in case you have already lost your data, you can always get data recovery services to help recover your data.
More information about data safety follow the link.
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