Two Important Features To Backup Your Data In Computer Drives

By Andreas Lee

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People use computer for their own purposes, so data lose possibility in your computer drives must be considered and also the consequences if this happen. This is the number one and very important factor which needs computer user’s attention. Whether your computer drives are used to keep your personal documents, your final exam files or your business files, your data in each of your drives are really valuable for you.

There are many ways to backup your data using computer hard drive. Along with installing additional computer drives for data storage, you can also use backup software. The second option is using external hard drive for data backup place. This kind of external computer drives can be connected through firewire, e-SATA, or USB cable.

As mentioned before that for the first option, you can combine backup software with a second computer drive. Setting them up is easier than you think. The good thing of this option is the minimum need of extra desk space and power consumption that the external drive requires. Other good thing of these computer drives are their performances which are much faster than external hard drive. Combined with backup software, you can make your backup data done easier by using automatic backup schedule and drag-drop feature.

Besides, other options are available to mirror your data in your primary computer drives. It works as additional computer drives but harder to set up. As soon as the files have been saved, it automatically duplicates the content of your computer drives to the others. Purchasing a new computer is a good choice to take this backup option advantage since a new computer has this backup feature available.

The second option which is also a best option is using external hard drive for backup storage. External hard drives are slower than computer drives because while in backup process your data has to travel through cables. But the most needed feature by using external hard drives is your data can be taken handy along with you. Some external hard drives also have data mirror feature, one of them is Western digital My Book Mirror Edition.

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Western Digital External Drive – WD My Book Mirror Edition 2

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By Andreas Lee

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Western Digital invented a cool RAID mirroring technology to duplicate your backup data for extra protection. This is how it works; this Western Digital external drive My Book series has two drives, when you backup a file, it will be stored in first drive and that file will automatically be mirrored to second drive, in other word your backed up file automatically has a cloning.

The perfect backup system provided by user service ability and automatic backup software to give undisputed security for your valuable data.

I will explain more about the mainstay technology of Western Digital external drive My Book Mirror Edition, RAID mirroring.

Like I said before, the Western Digital external drive automatically clones your data by using RAID mirroring technology, even if one of this dual drive systems failed, the system keeps working to make it done by placing your data in a safe place.

RAID makes you possible to connect more than two drives in one system, one drive store your backup data and instantly duplicate the data for real-time backup to the other drive. The reasons people use RAID system drives because they need fast storage with tons of capacity and want their data is backed up automatically and instantly.

The Western Digital external drive backup system is supported by automatic and continuous backup software. Every time you made a change, your file is backed up automatically and makes its clone to the second drive.

Western Digital external drive My Book Mirror also has GreenPower technology just like owned by WD Caviar Green, with power saving mode, completely quiet with fan-less design, and requires 30% less power than standard drive.

Its RAID setting is easy to modify by using RAID wizard software, and also easy to upgrade the drive(s), no screwdriver needed, just open its case and replace the drive(s).

WD My Book Mirror Edition

Specs

• Capacity size : 2 TB / 1 TB mirrored
• Spindle speed : 7200 RPM
• Serial bus transfer rate : 480 Mb/s
• Interface : USB 2.0
• Model : WDH2U20000N
• System requirements : Available USB port, Windows 2000/XP/Vista, Mac® OS X 10.4.11+/10.5.2+

Features combination of this western digital external drive is the best solution for those who are looking for safety place for their data, and also the best choice for home users, photographers, or small offices.

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A Guide to Prevent Internal Drives Failure

By Andreas Lee

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Many parts compose a computer. One of the parts is the heart of computer, internal hard drive. All commands come from it to let computer knows what the user exactly wants to do.

All of information, even the most detailed can be remembered by internal drives. It knows exactly when you write and save a document, when you use certain applications and read email. A computer needs a mediator to convey information from internal hard drive to user, it is known as Operating System which is the main program that sends and receives commands between user and internal hard drive.

Through moving platters, internal drives encode digital information by using read/write head. Each platter stores information in the different parts. By detecting magnetization of platters’ material, the read/write head search for files that you are looking for.

You really give your internal drives hard task if you play games, watch high definition videos, use graphic and multimedia programs, etc. Those kind of applications require a real operation and that will make internal drives prone to physical issues.

In some cases like this, hard drive recovery is required since backup software can not help you to solve this problem, and hard drive recovery service which is the only way out charges you with very expensive fee, so do not give your internal drives more pressure by using many programs that require a lot of memory usage.

Internal drives are getting larger in terms of capacity, rotation speed, cache size, and transfer rate but getting smaller in their size. Those specifications make them able to receive more pressure from memory-hunger applications. These internal drives abilities reduce fault-tolerance level so take a closer look on specifications when you choose to buy an internal hard drive, make sure its specifications match your needs.

Other unexpected causes can bring serious trouble to your internal hard drive such as short circuit, physical shocks or even poor manufacturing. Therefore, make sure you buy a guaranteed product.

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