However computers fail. They stop working or get attacked by viruses or even get burned up in a fire. When that happens, many of our memories go with them. Letters from loved ones, pictures of your family, that video of your daughter's wedding can all be gone in the blink of an eye.
The good news is that all of these treasured items can be saved. When a computer is backed up, a copy of the information is made and stored somewhere else. If the computer is damaged or even completely destroyed, the information remains safe.
Computer Backup Options
In the past, computers were backed up onto tape cassettes. This was an inexpensive and easy way to make many copies of information, but was used mostly by businesses. Tape backups require buying a special tape drive that has to be installed in your computer so aren't common among non-business computer owners.
Tapes are still used for backup data storage but there are other options. Most computers today come with drives that can write to CDs or DVDs. When this capability was first introduced, it was an expensive and slow process and tape backups were still common. As the technology has improved and the price has come down, this has become one of the most common types of backup.
However, each disk can hold only a small fraction of all the information on your hard drive. A full backup could take a dozen disks and someone has to be available to swap disks as needed.
The Advantages of Online Backup
Now that internet connections have become so fast, many people are opting to use online backup for their remote backup needs. With online backup, all of your information is saved to another computer over your existing DSL or cable internet connection. There are no tapes, CDs or DVDs to buy, no extra equipment to install, and your data is saved without any intervention from you.
The connection used for your backup is encrypted so no one can eavesdrop on your data and read it as it is sent. The remote computer your data is stored on is protected against intrusion and only a password you choose can get access to your information. Even the company that operates the online backup service can't get to your data.
A big advantage to online file storage is that it is "set it and forget it". After you install the backup software on your computer, you tell it how often you want to back up and it will automatically do it without your intervention. This way, if disaster strikes, your precious memories are safe and you can rest easy!
Speaking of the king Elvis Presley, he was my absolute idol at the age of eleven years old. I watched every movie, I bought every magazine and I fell asleep every night listening to Elvis croon on his Blue Hawaii live cassette tape (remember cassette recorders? That was high tech stuff back then). I was a full blown Elvis Presley fan.
By now you're probably wondering what Elvis has got to do with document freeze drying. And why am I ranting on about Elvis in an article on document freeze drying. But read on, folks. There is a connection, as you'll see.
I wore Elvis pajamas to bed; I wore Elvis blue jeans to school. And let me tell you in the late 1970's Elvis was no longer cool, so I pretty much sacrificed any hope at popularity by continuing with my obsession with my blue suede shoe wearing crooner.
And suddenly he was gone, dead, finished. My book collection became insane; I collected every newspaper clipping, every magazine, and every deck of Elvis cards they sold. Socks, underwear - you name it I had it.
My bedroom walls were one big collage dedicated to snoopy - just checking to see if you are still with me. Of course I really meant Elvis was all over my walls, silly people.
So anyway, to make a long story longer, I had quite a collection needless to say of Elvis pretty much everything. I left it with my mother when I moved out on my own later in life and she toted it around with her as she apartment hopped. Some years later I asked her about my collection realizing that is was probably of some value. And it was then she gave me the horrifying news, there had been a flood in the basement and everything got soaked. The more horrible fact is that she did not try to salvage it. I was haunted by that fact until document freeze drying came to the rescue.
Document freeze drying is a procedure that is nearly always effective and it can restore, revive and renew old or water damaged or fire damaged photographs, documents, microfiche and files, magazines and books. It is a procedure in which dampness is extracted by way of freezing the item and then causing sublimation, which is skipping the liquid form and causing a vaporized state. This is known to have extremely successful results.
I know this method of document freeze drying could save my collection so I searched for a document freeze drying specialist at once and got my wish - my collection is back to a mint condition. This process of document freeze drying can be costly due to its high tech nature and I paid a considerable amount of hard-earned bucks for it. That is something to consider before contacting a freeze drying expert. They do not come cheaply but they can offer something that no one else can, a piece of your past returned to you.
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