Ways To Avoid Data Loss For Freelancers
Imagine finishing a 24 hour shift on your computer then all of sudden it vanishes. How frustrating is that? The most common reasons for data loss are connected to our everyday lives like how we save, handle, and store our data greatly affects the security and access of data. In a report by Kroll Ontrack, it is believed that 67 percent of data loss is caused by harddrive crash or system failure, 14 percent by human failure, and 10 percentis a result of software failure. All of these leading causes are a terrible, inconvenient, waste of time and could be a path to business failure.
As a freelancer whose work often relies on the use of computers and the internet, how could you prevent this unwanted situation?
Backup your files
It is always a good idea to have spare files with you just in case your laptop crashes. Don’t just rely on a USB drive to store your data. Provide external hard drives and disks to store critical data, or back up to the Cloud.
Ensure your computer is up to date
As a freelancer, you should make sure that your computer has the latest updates (i.e. antivirus program, patches, softwares) to ensure that it is protected from any spyware, malware, or virus that can cause data corruption. Moreover, having an updated computer makes it more compatible to open files when you are sending data to other computers.
Invest in Power Protectors
Power outage is one of the leading causes of data loss. Why? Since computers are complex devices, they still need to be shut down properly. Power interruption puts devices at risk which are typically associated with data corruption. Make sure that you have back up power, even a power bank that can add additional hours to your usage.
Safely Remove
No matter how rushed you are, do not forget to safely unplug your USB from a computer in the correct way. Inserting a USB to a port involves the potential for a lot of data being added to the drive and ejecting the USB before the download process completes might result in data compromisation.
