This post shows how to easily back up your data and access them on any device online.

Roughly 91 percent of respondents said they used backups to protect their business’ databases — statista.

A data back up is a copy of computer data taken and stored somewhere else such that it can be used to restore the original after a data loss event.

A back up can be used to recover data after its loss from data deletion or corruption. Or to recover data from an earlier time.

Back ups provide a reliable form of disaster recovery. It is important, however, to know that not all backup systems are able to reconstitute a computer system or other complex configuration such as a computer cluster, active directory server, or database server.

You can back up your data and access it on any device online using Google Drive. Here is how:

i. Using Google Drive

There are roughly one billion users who use Google Drive — helloleads.io.

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service made by Google. It allows users to store files in the cloud (on Google’s servers), synchronize files across devices, and share files.

Google Drive offers apps with offline capabilities for Windows and macOS computers, and Android and iOS smartphones and tablets in addition to its web interface.

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I use Google Drive to store my files, photos, word docs, excel sheets, illustrator files, etc. I do this such that I can edit, share or check out some of those files on my Android device anywhere, or on any PC. It is very convenient to use. To back your data on Google Drive:

a) Launch the Google Drive app on your Android device, iOS, or web browser and tap New or the button with a plus.

b) Select file or folder to upload either a file or folder containing the data you would like to back up

c) Look for the location of the file or folder w=you want to back up and open it.

d) Wait for the file or folder to upload. You will see that it has successfully been backed up when there is a message saying 1 upload complete on the pop up.

You can now access your files at any time on any device online. All you have to do is sign in to that device with the Gmail you used to upload the files.

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Conclusion

Back ups are important. I learned it the hard way when I upgraded my Windows version from Home to Pro. I lost most of my files. Some of them belonged to a company that I am working with. It was a dark day. How do you wake up one morning and say to your boss, I was upgrading my PC and lost your files in the process?

Anyways, you can back up your files in Google Drive easily. It has a friendly user interface. You can also try out other storage services like Microsoft’s OneDrive.

Let us know in the comments which storage service you use and why you like using it.

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