How to backup your files and devices

Important data such as your photos, documents and financial records can be lost instantly, so back it up regularly before it's too late.

How to backup your files and devices

Our devices are home to our important data. If they are damaged, lost or destroyed, your data may be lost. Whether it’s hardware failure, theft, natural disaster or a virus, recovering data can be expensive and sometimes impossible.

That’s why it’s so important to regularly back up data. Here is some information to help you back up your data.

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How to backup your files and devices

What is a backup? How to backup your files and devices

A backup is a digital copy of your important data, such as photos, documents, and financial records. If your data is lost, you can use your backup to restore it. You can store backups using the cloud (which is like storing the data on the internet) or on physical media (such as external hard drives).

The data you back up should be decided by how important it is to you and the impact it would have if it was totally deleted or lost.

Here are some guiding principles and tips to backing up your data to make sure it is secure, up-to-date and available when you need it

Decide what to backup - Backup your files and devices

Backup you rfiles regularly

Use automatic Backups - Backup your files and devices

Decide how to backup data

Secure your backups

Check that your backups work

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