======================================== Data loss cost US businesses in excess of 18 billion dollars in 2003. ========================================

How often should I backup my data? You should backup all important data on your PC at least once a week. An easy way to do this is to use a rotating backup system. Get 4 blank disks . Label these disks Week 1, Week 2, Week 3 and Week 4. At start of month make a fresh copy of all your critical data on Week 1 disk and continue this process on Week 2, 3 and 4. Following this procedure ensures that no matter what happens your stored data will never be more than 1 week old and you'll also have 3 other copies of your data stored away that are less than a month old. Simple. Effective.

What software do I need? Microsoft Windows has its own backup software included. Apple Mac users can take advantage of Apples Backup software and iDisk backup service.

How soon should I do this? Now. Even using floppy disks start process of backing up your data today. The sooner you start safer your data is.

======================================== Human error and hardware failure account for 76% of all data loss. ========================================

The cost of recovering from a major hardware failure such as a hard disk crash can be massively reduced by keeping a backup of your data.

You're worked hard to build up your business. Don't throw all that hard work away by not taking proper steps to safeguard your critical information.

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The GOOGLE toolbar provides a number of genuinely useful extra facilities and it's well worth reading about them all on download site. The most useful, however, is undoubtedly built in pop-up stopper which seems to work a treat. The number of pop-ups that it blocks is displayed as a running total on toolbar and from this it’s clearly very effective. Significantly though, it also includes option of allowing those useful pop-ups we discussed earlier to get through while less clever utilities insist on blocking everything. By=passing pop-up stopper is simply a case of holding down button while you click. Installation is simple enough. You will need to re-start Internet Explorer to get Toolbar to appear. Do read The PC Doctor Guide 3 on Spyware first and run Spybot as recommended before installing GOOGLE toolbar. You can download GOOGLE toolbar from http:/ oolbar.google.com

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