Software Protection Information

Here are some of the tips for treating your information better:

1. Backup important data to external storage devices

Imagine that if your PC is inflicted with malicious virus and beyond repairable, all your important files, such as photographs, eBooks and customer contact information etc., might be gone forever. By saving data to external storage devices, the chance of losing data saved on the external storage device is less likely should there is hardware failure or virus attack.

2. Use of centralized repository

Save files that you want to share with your family members or colleagues to a Network Attached Storage (NAS). Files access can be done through network (wireless or wired), users no longer need to save files on their own computers, thus save memory space and ensure all users are reading the same information.

3. User of FTP server

Modern NAS are not just simply providing data storage space, they can be configured to become a FTP, web and database server etc. As long as there is Internet connection available, user can remotely access their home FTP servers anytime, anywhere in the world.

All information are at user's finger tips, users do not need to save sensitive or confidential information on flash drives, which might have higher risk of information leakage.

4. User of backup and recovery software

How long would you take to reinstall and configure all software, such as Windows operating system, MS Office, Outlook and Adobe Reader etc. on a new hard disk? few hours? whole day? days? Of course it depends on number of software to be installed, but one thing is certain that it is very time consuming, boring and non-productive to do the reinstallation.

There are backup and recovery software available in the market for quick restoration of the whole operating system, applications, settings and personal files. The idea is that the software will create a image of your PC platform and save the image file to storage media such as portable hard disk, NAS or DVD etc.

The image file can be used for later restoration. The beauty is that you will not have the hassle of digging out all login ID/password/serial numbers to configure/activate your operating system and applications. Once you kick off the restoration process, the whole restoration could be completed within an hour without your attention.