{"id":2081,"date":"2015-01-06T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T17:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2019-04-08T23:11:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T06:11:30","slug":"free-and-inexpensive-backup-options-means-theres-no-excuse-for-your-data-not-being-backed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/free-and-inexpensive-backup-options-means-theres-no-excuse-for-your-data-not-being-backed-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Free and inexpensive backup options means there&#8217;s no excuse for your data not being backed up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"210\" height=\"203\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/why-backup.jpg\" alt=\"Why Backup?\" class=\"wp-image-2092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/why-backup.jpg 210w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/why-backup-150x145.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Updated September 2018:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accidents and disasters happen. Hard drives fail. Portable devices get lost or stolen. New viruses encrypt data&nbsp;then charge ransom to unlock it. Fortunately data backup is not expensive anymore, so there&#8217;s no excuse for&nbsp;your data not being backed up. If you don&#8217;t know how to backup, we can setup a solution based on your needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A backup means that your important documents, pictures, music, emails, contacts, etc. exist in more than one location, in the event that the primary data is lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computers should be backed up to an external hard drive, or a &#8220;Cloud&#8221; synchronization service such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/drive\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Backup and Sync<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/about\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft OneDrive<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/data-recovery-costs-about-500-online-backup-just-5month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carbonite<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smartphones and tablets should be backed up to services provided by the maker of the phone&#8217;s operating system such as Apple&#8217;s iCloud or Google&#8217;s Android backup &amp; sync settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure how to backup your computer and devices, please <a href=\"http:\/\/CTreno.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact us<\/a> to setup an appointment so that we can help you start your backup routine today.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/free-and-inexpensive-backup-options-means-theres-no-excuse-for-your-data-not-being-backed-up\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/free-and-inexpensive-backup-options-means-theres-no-excuse-for-your-data-not-being-backed-up\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated September 2018: Accidents and disasters happen. Hard drives fail. Portable devices get lost or stolen. New viruses encrypt data&nbsp;then charge ransom to unlock it. Fortunately data backup is not expensive anymore, so there&#8217;s no excuse for&nbsp;your data not being backed up. If you don&#8217;t know how to backup, we can setup a solution based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips","category-tech-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2766,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions\/2766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}