| Data loss can tantamount to a huge loss be it on a | | | | benefit attached to external drives is that they can |
| personal level or a professional backfire that leaves | | | | also be used for backups as and when required. |
| you awry and helpless. Its always better to be | | | | • Backup your data well-CDs get scratched, hard |
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| not the whole but a part of your fortune that may | | | | regularly to an online storage, server or an offsite |
| not drown in the deep waters of destiny when a | | | | backup can be of considerable help when data loss |
| major data loss situation strikes. | | | | situations strike. |
| You don’t have to own a multimillion dollar | | | | • Open email attachments with caution E-mails are |
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| disaster whatever might be the situation and | | | | drive and saving it to the same location results in |
| whatever might be the magnitude. | | | | overwriting the file that's already there. Virus can |
| It is not unnatural to experience a data loss situation | | | | corrupt the whole of the file system and cause the |
| as more often than not, unexpected system | | | | system to crash. |
| shutdown, media read error, no memory error leads | | | | • Eliminate human errors More often than not; we |
| to sudden quitting of computer operations thereby | | | | pay for our carelessness and ignorance. Saving the |
| deleting the unsaved data that we might have been | | | | new changes in a document when it is being edited is |
| working on. Sometimes the errors that are generated | | | | rarely a thing we do and this is by far the most |
| in the process impede save functions thereby | | | | common cause that leads to deletion of the newly |
| hindering the program from saving that data that is | | | | edited data that you are working on. This can easily |
| being worked on. These situations render us helpless | | | | be avoided by copying the text in some other |
| but if a little thought is invested in backing up the | | | | document and renaming the newly edited one if you |
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| and efficiently. | | | | modifications and alterations but the crux contents |
| • Storing the data in the same drive as the | | | | nevertheless. |
| operating system can prove grievous in most cases. | | | | If you have already lost your data and you are in |
| Most word processors save the files to My | | | | search of a viable recovery option that can perform |
| Documents folder, never do so, cause when a virus | | | | a comprehensive scan of all the recoverable data |
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