Article by Worth Godwin Computer Training
In this article I want to explain one general method for how to back up your computer, namely “incremental backup”. There are many reasons why it is so very important that everyone back up their files on a regular basis, but the purpose of this article is not to go over why you should back up, but to give you some recommendations on methods you can use to protect yourself, including information for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac computers.
First off, let’s define “incremental” backups, also known as “versioned” backups. When you create an incremental backup, it is where you are backing up your files in such a way that you have multiple copies of each file, or at least multiple copies of the files that have changed.
Incremental backups can be achieved either “manually”, by burning a new disc each time you backup to CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/etc., or automatically by a backup program.
The benefit of versioned backups is that if you make unwanted changes to a file or it becomes corrupted or otherwise lost, you can go back to an earlier point and retrieve the old version.
First, use either optical disks or USB flash drives or maybe online backup (or all of the above to be extra safe) for your documents and other smaller files which are frequently changed or updated.
