How to Choose the Right System Backup Software

Nov 18
09:48

2010

Carla Jiroux Kaplan

Carla Jiroux Kaplan

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As an IT manager or the owner of a small business, choosing the right system backup software should be something that you are constantly on top of. Because technology changes so fast and new products are always coming out, it is important that you keep up with advances in backup technology to ensure that your computers and network are always recoverable if something happens to them.

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The value of most system backup software is never realized until disaster strikes. Your vision of a computer disaster may be a virus attacking your network,How to Choose the Right System Backup Software Articles but it can also happen in many different ways.

If a user downloads a piece of adware or spamware that cannot be removed without rebuilding their entire computer, you will be able to do so with a proper backup of their drive. If your office is flooded, catches on fire, or someone steals your computers, you will be well-prepared as well. Many companies find that the greatest losses come from simple accidents, yet there are also many people out there, specifically ex-employees and competitors who don't mind doing a little intentional damage to computers, either.

The primary advantage of having system backup software is that you will be able to backup individual users' drives, including all of their personal settings, and you won't have to re-install all of their software from scratch, either. In addition, if their files have been corrupted, you will be able to go back to the past when the data integrity was not in question. When it comes to backing up the entire network, you can do that easily as well, from setting up the network structure to restoring all of the data files. This is one piece of software that you hope you never have to use, but that you need perhaps more than any other.