# Back Up! 

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 <p>Back up your Hard drive! says Dave Walkiden of Daves Helpline, Costa Del <br />Sol</p>
 <p>If you use a computer regularly, you should have a backup of your data. <br />Copying your documents and photos to a memory stick is not a proper backup.</p>
 <p>Hard disks in PC&rsquo;s and laptops are made up of a small aluminium disk that <br />stores your data magnetically (see image).</p>
 <p>Anything that &lsquo;demagnetises&rsquo; your hard disk such as a power problem, can <br />erase your data.</p>
 <p>Having a second copy of that data is critical to ensuring that your data is <br />safe. Backing up to CD or DVD disk is pointless as the size of any backup is <br />limited and in most cases, those disks cannot be used again.</p>
 <p>Get yourself an external USB hard drive that can be used with software to <br />automatically backup your data at a set time each day/week.</p>
 <p>For more information, contact Dave Walkiden of <a href="http://daveshelpline.com/" target="_blank">Dave&rsquo;s Computer Helpline</a></p>
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