what is a "back -up" and why you need 1?

Question

describe a simple back-up procedure for a computerised accounts system

Answer 1

A backup is a copy of important data file from your computer stored outside the computer such as on CDs, tapes, an external drive, a network server, or another computer. Should your computer be stolen, damaged, break, etc, you will have a way to recover the important information.

You will need to indentify what data on your computer is critical to you and your business. Things like customer records, documents, spreadsheets and archived e-mails. Then you regularly copy that folders with those files to a CD (or other storage) and file those CDs in a safe place. It is recommended that you backup be kept near the computer, and another be kept somewhere else - your home, another office, etc. Should the building burn down, wash away in a flood, be carried to OZ by a tornado or something, then you still have to data at another location.

It is also recommended that you purchase a program like Norton Ghost or Drive Image that allows you to make a backup file of your entire computer - everything including Windows and all the programs. That full backup would be used in the case of a hard drive failure to duplicate the entire old hard drive on to a new one. That can have you back up an working in minutes rather than days.

Why do you need one? Because I can guarantee there will come a time when your computer crashes, or the hard drive dies, or you accidently delete a folder with critical information in it. You will need a way to recover that data. That is the purpose of a backup.

Answer 2

Backup is the activity of copying files or databases so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other catastrophe. Backup is usually a routine part of the operation of large businesses with mainframes as well as the administrators of smaller business computers.

For personal computer users, backup is also necessary but often neglected. The retrieval of files you backed up is called restoring them.

Answer 3

Back-up means keeping a copy of files of a program or any other item, so that when original gets damaged due to any reason. U can replace it with the one stored as back up

Answer 4

if say u lost ur accounts somwhow, then having a back-up would save ur @rse from kickd by the boss. so basically having another set of the same accounts allowing you to continue your account work, hope this helps!

Answer 5

backing up your files is done to save any important files in the event that your hard drive should die on you. if you dont back up your files and the hard drive does die then you are screwed. I save my important files to a usb flash drive...many people use a cd to back up with. just find the files you REALLY need and keep them on another drive/cd other than your hard drive.

-Doc-

Answer 6

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