{"id":251,"date":"2012-11-13T15:39:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gospelriver.com\/tech\/?p=251"},"modified":"2012-11-13T15:39:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T21:39:17","slug":"backing-up-your-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gospelriver.com\/tech\/backing-up-your-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Backing up your data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have precious data on your computer, you need a way to make sure you have it backed up in case of fire, computer failure, theft, etc. If your hard drive goes bad, you will either have to pay a LOT of money to get the data back, or you just lose the data. (Hard drive failure is common, even with new computers.)<\/p>\n<p>Here are some easy backup options:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Microsoft SyncToy<\/strong> is a free Windows program that allows you to back up files quickly and easily to an external drive or flash drive. You can get small flash drives that are at least 32 GB in size for a very reasonable price. You click the sync option and only the files since the last sync operation are copied over to your backup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Online Syncing:<\/strong> If you have less than 5-10 GB of data and a good Internet connection, there are a number of online sync options available that automatically back up your user data. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gospelriver.com\/tech\/file-sharing-and-syncing\/\">this article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you keep installation CDs for any purchased programs you use.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t read the <a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/is-IS\/windows-vista\/Where-do-I-find-my-Windows-product-key\">product key<\/a> on your Microsoft Windows registration sticker or CD, you should record the key somewhere in case you need to\u00a0re-install\u00a0Windows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have precious data on your computer, you need a way to make sure you have it backed up in case of fire, computer failure, theft, etc. If your hard drive goes bad, you will either have to pay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-living","category-dangers","category-programs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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