We read countless articles that describe data backup and instruct us on what best to do, how to back up and what to backup. One wonders if backup is such a big deal after all, to warrant so much of information. Well, one needs to talk to anyone who has suffered data loss which would really mean almost every computer user and one can understand why backup information is so necessary. Data defines living in the 21^st century and so loss of this data can affect how we live. Given the singular importance of data and yet knowing how susceptible storage devices are to various factors resulting in data loss, backup needs to be taken very seriously.