Experience Backup and Security for Small Business: Data Backup
If you're like most small-business owners, chances are that the majority of your important company information is stored on the PCs in your office. While some company information may overlap from one PC to the next, you might have critical information that resides on only one computer. If anything happens to that PC, your data could be gone forever.
Imagine for a moment that you own a small company with six desktop PCs and a couple of laptops, but with no internal network server. One of your employees created an important presentation for a key client on her laptop. On the morning of the scheduled presentation, you get a frantic call: your employee's son used the laptop to work on his homework and somehow deleted the presentation file. She can't find it anywhere on her computer. The file is gone. You realise that you will have to call the client to reschedule the presentation, which you know makes you – and your company – look bad.
With Windows Vista Business, you can avoid these types of situations by using automatic data backup tools that are easy to use. With Windows Backup Center, you pick the day, time and how often you want to back up your files, folders and settings. You can also specify the type of data to back up, such as documents, photos or music. Windows Vista takes care of the rest. And you won't be interrupted while you work, because automatic data backup occurs in the background, regardless of when you've scheduled your backup.
Windows Backup Center helps keep your data secure.
Windows Vista Business offers backup features that are designed to protect your data and instil confidence that you're covered in case a problem occurs.
Choose what to back up - and where
Windows Backup Center in Windows Vista Business is where you take control of your backup preferences. You schedule the automatic backups of your files, folders and data when it's most convenient for you. Simply choose where to save your information and when you want it to be backed up as you move through the Backup Wizard's simple, easy-to-use menus.
Scheduling a backup in Windows Vista is an easy three-step process that begins by selecting the types of files you want to back up. Choose from documents, photos, music or films and videos, depending on your business needs.
You choose what types of files you want to back up.
Next, decide on the backup location for your files. You can choose between a CD/DVD drive; an external device or location, such as a Flash drive; an external hard drive; or a share on your network. Windows Vista will also provide guidance to help you choose the best backup location based on your options or on what's hooked up to your PC.
You choose the location of where your file backup will be stored.
The last step is to set the time and frequency of your data backup. After this is finished, Windows Vista will take things from there by automatically backing up the files you selected at the time you chose. Your backup settings can be changed at any time, providing you with the flexibility you need to meet your business goals and giving you the peace of mind that comes with knowing your files are backed up.
Schedule backups at a time that's convenient for you.
As long as your computer is not turned off, Windows Vista will perform the data backup as scheduled. You can choose a backup time that coincides with when you use your computer or one that occurs while your computer is in a sleep state. Either way, the data backup will take place in the background without affecting your work in any way, providing you with the flexibility you need based on how you use your PC.
backup devices
Windows Backup works for all small business situations, whether or not you have a server in your network environment. If you're like many small businesses, you probably don't have a server on your network on which to back up your data.
With Windows Vista, you can still quickly and automatically back up your critical business information to a number of different external devices, such as a CD/DVD-ROM, an external hard drive, a USB Flash drive or a share that is located on your network. Regardless of the device you use, you can easily monitor the progress of the backup once it begins by accessing the icon located in the notification area.
Windows Backup can use several different external devices to store your data.
Did you know?
With Windows ReadyBoost you can also use a portion of a USB Flash memory device to improve your PC's performance by extending its system memory without having to add RAM.
Windows ReadyBoost can use your USB Flash drive to improve system performance.
With Windows Vista, you determine your backup preferences and Windows Vista does all the work. You can stay focused on your business, knowing that you'll have easy access to your backed-up data should you need it.
