While computers have taken on a great many uses in the 21st century, one of the primary functions remains browsing through multimedia. Online and offline, through audio and video, users obsess over their favorite bits of media. However, when it comes to “potential losses,” multimedia is one of the most at-risk categories when your computer crashes. Entire music and video libraries can be decimated in an instant regardless of how impressive your portable multimedia player is, so it’s important that you learn the basics of backing up these large files. Here are four of the best ways to do so.
-Use a web service.
There are various online storage sites that will allow you to keep data online. Not only does this allow you to have a backup for your files, but it means you can access the multimedia from any location where you can get on the net.
-Use external drives.
While the storage size of external drives has increased dramatically, the price has continued to decline. You can purchase an 8 gigabyte flash drive for just $15, giving you enough room to store up to 8000 minutes of audio or 800 minutes of video. Have more media than that? An external terabyte hard drive can be purchased for just $100.
-Use internal drives. A second hard-drive increases your system resilience in the case of a crash, and will help expand your storage dramatically. Internal hard drives, while a bit harder to install, are even cheaper than external drives.
-Use a web server.
If you’re willing to pay a small monthly fee, you can get essentially unlimited online storage space through a web server. While you’ll have to learn how to use FTPS, this is one of the most reliable backup methods.
By using one of these simple tactics, you can rest assured that, no matter what happens to the rest of your computer, your multimedia will be safe.
