Computers are great for many things. They can save you time and money by doing tasks quicker than you could by hand. If you an internet connection you can share information instantly and carry out searches with ease.

A computer can store information such as documents, photos, videos and other forms of data but like any technology they can go wrong. A computers data can be deleted or become corrupt at any time and often this is due to a virus or due to damage to the hard drive. This is why it is essential to back up your computer often. Backups can be done in a number of ways. You can back up your hard drive or specific data on to an external device or another PC. This can be done manually or you can often set up automatic back up of your data.

A relatively new way to back up your data is to use cloud back up. Cloud back up is a way of making copies of your data that are stored on a server “in the cloud”. This not only allows it to be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection but also means that it is not stored on a physical machine making it a lot more reliable form of backing up. It can also make restoring easier and quicker.