Take a minute to review your computer backup procedure. Ask yourself, how much you would lose if your computer was suddenly unusable, and the last backup - from a week ago, turned out to be corrupted? This scenario is not as uncommon as you might think.

So, here are some simple “best practice” backup habits:

1. Backup data each day on to a separate daily external unit (USB stick, External disk / tape)
2. Also, have 4 Friday backup units and rotate these each week – it’s unlikely all four would be corrupted!

Alternatively use one of the many online backup solutions which back-up your data to a remote server. However, depending on the volume of data for back-up, this option can turn out to be quite expensive.

No business, no matter how small or large, should be without a computer data backup procedure. A backup procedure can be as simple as copying important data onto a single USB stick, external hard disk or tape, once a week, using specific backup software or a simple copy and paste function.