Everyone should have a backup and disaster recovery plan and everyone should have a data backup plan for their prized laptop. Despite the best efforts people generally forget about backup when it comes to their Laptops computers. Often Laptops hold the most critical business and personal information. If you add this to the fact that Laptops have a higher incidence of being lost or stolen than your most precious files are the most vulnerable to data loss.

A Laptop computer presents its own special challenges for . First of all, like any computer, data on the laptop can get corrupted for many reasons. This can happen whether you lose power while the computer is in the middle of writing data to disk, or if you’re hard drive crashes.

Another big issue is loss, theft or damage. Let’s face it all the positives about Laptops also create their vulnerabilities. Another problem is unsecured wireless networks which create multiple opportunities for hackers and viruses to corrupt your data.

Despite all this Laptop backup solutions are often neglected. Unlike Desktop computers which stay in a much more stable environment, laptops moving in and out of network connections make it even more important to have an independent laptop backup strategy . The trick is to create multiple opportunities to backup Laptop data both manually and automatically.

Using your network and connecting the laptop to the LAN either directly or by docking it you can manually run your backup program to transfer the data to your local server or offsite data center. Unfortunately this is seldom implemented as it is not always practical to do so in a busy work environment.

Laptops should have the ability to be manually backed up to either the cloud or a local server independently from the corporate network and the corporate network also have the ability to remind users using a scheduler to backup their data on a regular basis. Laptops should also like desktops should be scheduled for regular reoccurring backups via remote online backup services and through multiply internet access points.

The key to proper Laptop backup solutions is to ; create an independent automatic backup schedule , have both manual and automatic functionality and Laptops must have the ability to backup both via LAN and remote access.