It's not the big secret that modern operating systems are not as reliable as they supposed to be. At the same time the most of info is stored on the hard drives nowadays. And every minute all the data can be vanished from your drives because of the system crash or virus attack. Here I'll tell you how to keep your info primitive.



1. Use all the types of removable mediums. There are some types: flash drive, diskette, cd-rw. First two are very convenient for small volumes of info, and cd-rw is able to store big files and even programs.

Pluses: You may copy all your info to removable mediums. Go to the nearest electronic store or visit www.amazon.com

Minuses: You have to waste your time in case of cd-rw, because this process is long enough.

All that storages are subjected to wear, so you may lose your data nevertheless.

2. Use firewalls and anti-virus programs. Often reasons for system crashes are viruses and hackers attacks, so you must be protected to cut-off all the intruders. Check www.download.com for spyware programs.

Pluses: Protection of the computer.

Minuses: Viruses appear on the net faster, than antidotes for them.

3. Update your system on the regular basis. Service packs for Windows are available at official Microsoft site and free for download. Visit www.microsoft.com

Pluses: Additional secure for system.

Minuses: Sometimes after installation, all the system goes wrong.

4. Use file-hosting services. These services allow users to upload and host their data at company servers. These servers are overprotected and, moreover always have the copy of users' data. For file-hosting service visit www.oxyshare.com

Pluses: Your data is in the secure place and always within the reach.

Minuses: It takes time to upload the data.

5. Use backup programs. Such programs allow you to backup all your system tunings. So even after crash you may restore your system data. Please visit www.tucows.com to download it.

Pluses: The system will be automatically tuned after crash

Minuses: Not correct program may harm the system

Remember, that downloading of dubious software and low privacy settings of browser may cause the illegal intrusion into your system.