It’s always a good idea to have some back-up and safety measures in place around your PC, especially as we keep more and more of the details of our lives on our computers. The latest issue of Maximum PC has a great article on how to protect your PC and data, 9 Ways to Disaster-Proof Your PC. From suggestions like using an off-site backup method (it’s easy to set up these days!) to the latest techniques for avoiding viruses, this article is chock full of good advice for computer users.

If you don’t have a back-up system in place, you should definitely read this and implement one, because I can almost guarantee that at some point you’ll experience a hard-drive failure. Maximum PC is a great resource for the latest info on keeping your home computers safe and up-to-date.

Look Inside >> August 2009