Data loss can be a stressful and expensive problem, data recovery companies such as ourselves can help, services including file recovery, USB Memory Stick Recovery and RAID Recovery are available to ensure that your data can be retrieved whatever the problem may be.

But is there a free method of storing your data, that will keep it safe, secure and have it available at any time?  The aim of this article is to show how easy it can be to keep at least small volumes of data in places where others can take care of its security.

Standard Storage Methods

There are all manner of data storage devices on the market and at your disposal.  Your data normally starts on your computers hard drive, from here it may be archived in your documents folder, maybe emailed to someone or even backed up to a USB Memory Stick, CD or DVD.  This can lead to a false sense of security.  

If you use a notebook computer and are anything like me you likely keep all your things in one easy location where it is always on hand, and always easy to find.   Keeping multiple copies in one location can serve a purpose, if one copy becomes corrupt or damaged you have another, immediately available copy to rely on.  But what happens if your laptop and bag get stolen, you have a fire or flood how do you recover your data then?

Luckily there are a number of, free, easy solutions that can help with this very scenario:

Email

Often misunderstood as simply a method of communication (and the primary tool in one’s armoury for the receipt of spam!) online email, and email stored on company Exchange servers or other such systems can prove to be one of the most resilient forms of data backup.  How do you utilise it?

When your important documents are created email them, email them to free Yahoo! Mail accounts, email them to Hotmail accounts or any number of free alternative email methods offered.  It really is that simple!

Do you have larger storage requirements?

There are still options available to you, and what’s more these options are STILL FREE!
ADrive offer 50GB of ad-supported storage for free, all you need to do is sign up for the basic account and start to upload your data – Adrive also doubles as a file sharing system so important documents can be shared with family friends and colleagues.  Encrypted data transfer and storage is also available for around $7.00 for important data.  Other alternatives include Humyo and AOL XDrive.

Remember the most important rule when using free solutions though:  You must use it regularly, normally free accounts are deleted after 90 days of inactivity, so always remember to keep adding your important files to these services to ensure that you do not lose them.  Once deleted from these companies servers your data cannot be recovered even by the very best of data recovery professionals.

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