Today, computers are used by most people at home and at work. The computers at work are used to manage the company's various processes and as a professional tool. You will spend a lot time at the computer, regardless of whether you work in sales, product development, production or management.


Computers store all the data we have entered. Data includes everything, from junk mail that you send to friends to top secret analyses or test results of the company's latest product. All data is stored on a hard drive, or on another storage media (or multiple storage media).


We hear from time to time about companies that lost all their data storage and went bankrupt. Banks, Money Lenders, Real Estate Agents, and all other companies that are directly or indirectly involved in finances are vulnerable to data loss. A bank that doesn't know the account information of its customers (or has "lost" money) is out of business in an instant.


Data is so important that we see new companies constantly appearing on the market to offer services and tools for recovering lost data. Some companies can restore data from HDDs that have been lost at sea for years to their full extent. The more difficult the task, the more you will have to pay to get it back.


Banks and other financial institutions deal with billions to billions of dollars. A loss of data can easily lead to large data recovery fees of hundreds of thousands, or even millions of dollars. The company can still continue to operate and avoid bankruptcy, despite the high cost.


How can you avoid these huge data recovery costs? Make sure you have regular backups of your data, that you validate it regularly and that you keep it safe. You should have a backup plan for your company and a way to test it.


Do not be one of the people who cries when you have bad luck. Do your research and be safe. Both at work and at home.