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| Oh, God!!! What Happened to My Flash-Drive? |
Well,
to open our topic today, I just want to say that this month, there are two of
my friend mentioned that their flash drive (Indonesia:Flashdisk) were broken
and it led to the loss of their data in it. Some data saved in their flash
drive are not really important but the others are extremely important. Nothing
can they do but regretting and crying. Then, according to their experience,
here, in my blog, I just want to share you information about the risk of using
flash drive and an alternative way to save your data safely.
As I have mentioned before, the
flash drive of my friends was broken. So that it can be concluded that flash
drive can be broken. (Hmm….great conclusion). It is the weakness of a flash
drive. It is prone to the viruses. Great deal of virus always spy your flash
drive. They are always ready to attack your flash drive and get rid of your
data. The viruses will infect your flash drive once you attach your flash drive
to an “ill” laptop, netbook, or computer. The virus will infect your flash
drive and your flash drive will be ill (sometime) before you realize it. If you
are kind of I-don’t-care-about-my-flash-drive person, then you got have to be
ready to have a viruses-have-eaten-all-of-your-data flash drive.
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| Flash-drives |
Beside the high possibility of being
infected by viruses, a flash drive also has a high possibility of being lost.
It is really being lost. Yes, a real lost. Flash drive, at the beginning of its
making, was really futuristic as it has a small form and it can save more data
than floppy disk (Indonesia:Disket) does. Alas, Later, it is know that having a
small a high possibility to be left behind. For example: One day you have to do
your paper assignment. As the internet data on your home is off, then you are
going to Internet coffee. You bring your flash drive in case you need to save a
data. Then, after you are done surfing on Intenet Coffee, you go home. After
arriving home, you realize that you had left you flash drive. Then you come
back to Internet Coffee. Then, there are two possibilities that are ready to
reach you; One is you can get your flash drive back as the internet coffee
owner found it, and second you will get nothing as (maybe) the internet coffee
owner didn’t found it and someone has taken it for himself.
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| Floopy-Disk, at which people used to save data |
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| Cloud Storage |
Well what is the safer place to save
data? Well, according to my opinion, that safer place is cloud storage
(Indonesia: Media penyimpanan berbasis awan). Why is it safer? Well, cloud
storage is actually a model of data storage where the digital data is stored in
logical pools, the physical storage span across multiple servers. Because it is
saved in logical pools, you need no bring no tools to storage your data. Thing
that you need to do is just upload your data to the serve and let get it done.
Cloud storage also make it possible for you to access your data anywhere and
everywhere with internet-data connection and also there is no possibilities for
your data to get infected by virus (as long as I know). Then there is very less
possibility for your data to lost (except you forget your password) Then, with
cloud storage you no need to cry for your loss data because it is always be
saved in the server and sever will not delete it without your permission.
There are tens of cloud storage
provider. But here, in my blog, I will tell you the top 7 of them. They are:
1. Just
cloud
Advantage:
Supported for iPad, iPhone, Android Blackberry apps, 100% Free Account
Available, Unlimited Storage. Download it!
2. Livedrive
Advantage;
Offer Unlimited Storage, 30 day Versioning. Download It!
3. Crashplan
Advantage:
Complete Computer Backup, Live Chat for customer support, 448 bit Encryption. Download It!
4. Zip
Cloud
Advantage:
Free mobile Apps, including iPad, Android, and blackberry, unlimited storage
available, Multiple device sync capability.Download It!
5. Sugar
Sync
Advantages:
Mobile apps, simple to use, good customer support. Download It!
6. SOS
Online Backup
Advantage:
Good value, Good online customer support. Download It!
7. Dropbox
Advantage:
Easy File Sync, File Sharing, Supported on iPhone, iPad, and Android. Download It!
