Periodic Backups Can Head Off Problems

The Office of Information Technology would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone of the importance of backing up your data. Although OIT does a nightly backup of data stored on the I:\ drive, backing up the data on your personal computer’s hard drive is your responsibility. 

You should back up all important data on your computer to removable media such as 3 ½ inch floppy disks, zip disks, USB memory stick or CDs. Important data is anything that you would miss if it suddenly disappeared due to hard drive failure.

In the event of a hard drive failure on your computer, OIT is often not able to recover all of the data that resides on the drive.

There are private companies that specialize in data recovery, but the cost is steep and there is no guarantee that the recovery attempt will be successful.

If you need help with instructions on how to back up data, contact the OIT Help Desk, 458-5538.

Play it safe. Save your work often and back up your data on a regular basis.