Sunday 31 March 2013

How to Recover Lost Files by using Cloud Technology

When you have your computer crash, it can be devastating. Not only are computers expensive to replace, they have many files on them that took you hours to create. If you use the cloud for storing your data, though, the odds of you losing important files completely is immediately erased.

Cloud management software solutions have come a long way over the last few years. It has become quicker and much more accessible to the average member of the public. One of the great things that the cloud can do is make sure that you never lose a file again. If you work a lot on the computer, this is a trait that will most likely interest you. We’ve all experienced computer issues and have lost important files from time to time, but if you routinely use the cloud, this is a problem that will be reduced to only a minor inconvenience in the future.
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One of the great and relatively new features that cloud computing comes with is updates in real time. For example, if you save files on Google Drive, you will have your files saved automatically every few seconds. So if your computer does breakdown, that doesn’t mean your files will all be lost with it. Suppose your hard drive completely fries and the computer shop cannot salvage your files. If you’ve been around computers for a while, this probably has happened to you or someone you know. In the event that you were working on a Google Drive file, you wouldn’t have to worry at all about that file, even if you had made extensive changes to it right before the malfunction occurred. This cloud app will always make changes in real time and ensure that you can access that file from any other computer that’s connected to the internet. This will save you a very big headache.

Another great file saving app to use is Dropbox. With Dropbox, all you have to do to share your files on the cloud is click and drag them to the Dropbox share folder. Here, your files will be preserved and anyone that you choose can gain access to them. So if you’re in California and your office is in New York, you can both work on and update files automatically. And if for some reason one of those computers stops working, all data will be preserved.
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The cloud has many uses, and recovering seemingly lost files is just one aspect of this. By using the cloud, you will be saving yourself a ton of time, energy, and money, especially if you do ever experience a computer malfunction. No one plans on these things happening, but they will from time to time. Your best bet is to be as prepared as you can be and make sure that a catastrophe of this sort does as little damage as possible. You can always buy a new computer, but recreating some files can be a lot more work than it’s worth. It’s better to be prepared and never need to rely on your backups than to take a chance and lose everything. What’s more, for personal use, the cloud can easily be used for little to no cost. This eliminates a big reason to not use this file storage method. If you have no expenses, you have nothing to lose.

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