WORLD BACKUP DAY 2013
World
Backup Day is a day for people to learn about the increasing role of data in
our lives and the importance of regular backups. This independent initiative to
raise awareness about backups and data preservations started out – like most
good thing on the internet – on reddit by a couple of concerned users .
On March
31 is a day for backing up your personal data and also a day to talk about the enormous
task of preserving our increasingly digital heritage and cultural works for
future generations. For a good backup you need to have a good backup plan. The good
backup plan will be working continuously and include multiple layers to not
only recover your data and include steps for data preservation.
If you want to learn more about World Backup
Day please visit http://www.worldbackupday.com
. On this site in press room you can download press kit. Press kit letter will
give you more information about World Backup Day. The information is given
below.
College
Student’s Big-Hearted Idea has Flourished
into 3rd Annual
“World Backup Day”
-- CrashPlan
& Backblaze Announces Sponsorship of March 31st “Holiday” --
San
Francisco, CA -- (March 26, 2013) – A simple idea sparked by comments on reddit
about backing up data has blossomed into a global “holiday” called World Backup
Day, and is celebrating its third anniversary on March 31. The event has gained momentum and advocates
every year, and now World Backup Day has a presenting sponsor, Code 42
Software, the top-rated backup company behind CrashPlan, to help increase
awareness even further. Backblaze, another highly regarded company specializing
in backup services, is also on-board as a sponsor.
The
notion for World Backup Day originated with Youngstown State University student
Ismail Jadun, who was inspired by comments on reddit, the popular social news
website. Ismail and his fellow
“redditors” were discussing the inherent need for backing up data, and he
decided to declare the day before April Fool’s Day as the perfect time to back
up files. Ismail quickly created an
official website, www.WorldBackupDay.com, and starting spreading
the word among the collaborative reddit community and other social media
channels.
“I’m thrilled with
the response to World Backup Day, and I hope it’s made a difference in people’s
lives,” said World Backup Day founder Ismail Jadun. “We all know someone who has lost critical
data, whether it was their videos, photos, music, reports, or personal
stuff. Hopefully this day will make
everyone think about their situation, learn about the various storage options
and get their files backed up. I also
hope that World Backup Day sparks conversations about the enormous task of
saving our increasingly digital data and heritage for future generations.”
“Everyone
understands the hopelessness and frustration of losing important data, and I’m
proud that the idea for World Backup Day was sparked by a discussion on
reddit,” said Erik Martin, GM of reddit.
“The reddit community has remained closely involved in helping make
March 31 the day people think about the impact of data in our lives, and to do
something positive about it.”
Many
people think their documents are safe because they’re saved on the computer’s
hard drive. However, as noted on
WorldBackupDay.com, mechanical hard drives can fail at an annual rate of 3%,
and this rate gets higher as the drive gets older. With a three-year-old drive, the annual
failure rate is ~6%. While some data can
possibly be recovered, the best way to avoid potentially catastrophic loss of
data would simply be to back it up.
“Digital media is
core to the lives and livelihoods of millions," said Matthew Dornquast,
CEO of CrashPlan developer Code 42 Software. “The partnership with World Backup
Day aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver easy and secure backup
solutions for consumers and businesses alike.”
Key points about
backing up data from WorldBackupDay.com:
▪
Items to backup: Your
computer, laptop, phone, iPod, tablet, other wireless devices, photos and
videos on social networks.
▪
Common ways to lose data:
Theft, hardware failure, natural disaster, alien invasion, obsolete file
formats, you forgot where you put it (really, it has happened).
▪
Backup options: Backing up
is easy. Once set up, your data should be backing up automatically. There
are two main types of backup solutions:
•
• Local
backup: An external hard drive that can be easily retrieved at home.
•
• Cloud/offsite
backup: An online backup service or hard drive securely placed in a different
location
•
• Having
both local and offsite backups gives you piece of mind knowing your files are
safe and secure.
•
For
more information on World Backup Day, exclusive deals, and giveaways, visit www.WorldBackupDay.com. To become part of the conversation, check out
@WorldBackupDay on Twitter, Facebook.com/WorldBackupDay on Facebook, worldbackupday.tumblr.com
on Tumblr, and www.reddit.com.
Here are
some WORLD BACKUP DAY flyers and
posters.
You can download the flyers and posters from:
1) FLYER A
2) FLYER B
3) POSTER
On the WORLD_BACKUP_DAY_DOWNLOADS_PAGE
you can help to promote World Backup Day
at your school or workplace by downloading some posters and flyers. If you don’t
want to print them you can just order them on their ONLINE STORE and have flyers
and posters freshly printed for you.
HOW TO
BACUP YOUR DATA?
To help
ensure that you don’t lose your data, you should back them up regularly. You can
set up automatic backups or manually back up your files at any time.
To backup
your files you need to follow these steps:
1) Open
Backup and Restore by clicking Start button – then clicking Control Panel,
clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking Backup and Restore.
2) Do
one of the following:
a. If
you've never used Windows Backup before, click Set up backup, and then follow
the steps in the wizard. If you're
prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or
provide confirmation.
b. If
you've created a backup before, you can wait for your regularly scheduled
backup to occur, or you can manually create a new backup by clicking Back up
now. If you're prompted for an
administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.
To set up
a backup after upgrading from a previous version of Windows
After you
upgrade Windows, you will need to set up Windows Backup, even if you had a
scheduled backup in the previous version of Windows. This is because there are
several changes to the backup program. Instead of selecting file types to back
up, you can have Windows back up data files saved in libraries, on the desktop,
and in default Windows folders or you can choose specific libraries and folders
to be backed up. You can also create a system image of your computer. For more
information, see How does Windows choose which files to back up?
To set up
your backup, follow these steps:
·
Open Backup and Restore by clicking the Start button,
clicking Control Panel, clicking System and Maintenance, and then clicking
Backup and Restore.
·
Click Set up backup, and then follow the steps in the
wizard. If you're prompted for an
administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.
Here is
the video that demonstrates how to back up your files on WINDOWS 7.
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