Sooner or later disaster strikes, it is inevitable. If you work on computers, at some point you will lose data. The best way to get around this is to have backups. I’m a bit more paranoid about certain things ( like my pictures) that I can not replace. Those aforementioned things are backed up in 3 places, and one of the places also has redundancy built in. Recovery of data off of drives in not cheap, we are talking $1000 just to start. The prices can easily double.

So how do I get started backing up my stuff? Here are 3 programs that I recommend.

Bonkey
JaBackup
NasBackup

Of course you need to back up your files somewhere. If you have money to spend I would highly recommend a Drobo. If not you can get by with a cheaper solution, an external enclosure that is either connected to your network or directly to you computer.

Drobo
External Drives

Of course if you are at work you probably have an enterprise solution in place, Ask your administrator if you are worried. And remember to backup!