Don't get caught without a backup plan.

File-based backups copy the individual files and folders you choose — documents, photos, accounting data. They’re efficient on storage and great for recovering a deleted spreadsheet or last week’s version of a file.

Image-based backups capture the entire computer — operating system, programs, settings and files. If a drive dies or ransomware hits, an image lets you restore the whole machine quickly instead of reinstalling everything from scratch.

For most businesses the answer is both: images of key computers and servers for fast recovery, plus file backups kept off-site in the cloud so one fire, flood or theft can’t take everything.