January 2005
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Safeguard against Disaster on Your Trading Computer
 
   

By Larry Jacobs, Editor, Traders World magazine

 
   

Today, it is more important that you have protection against disaster on your trading computer than at any time before. Disaster can occur primarily for two reasons. The first reason is getting a virus, which can virtually shut your entire system down. Even though you have virus protection software installed on your computer from leading companies, such as Norton or McAfee and others, some viruses can still get through.

The second reason is that you can have a hard disk drive failure and lose all your data. Remember: Hard disk drives are for temporary, not permanent, storage of data. You should back up your data on permanent CDs, DVDs or tape. Eventually, every hard disk drive will fail on a computer because hard disks have moving parts that wear out. Upcoming disaster on your trading computer is almost a sure thing, so you need to be prepared for it.

As I indicated previously, the first thing you should always do is back up your data at least once a day or a week. I also recommend PC ANGEL, which is a unique one-click rescue and disaster recovery software that offers the PC user full system recovery without data loss, as well as a recovery CD / DVD for use in the event of a physical hard disk failure. With the PC ANGEL software installed, all the PC user has to do is press the F10 key after restarting the system and follow the simple on-screen instructions to get the system back to the state it was before the crash.

Unlike most other solutions, PC ANGEL is the only hassle-free recovery software on the market today that offers the PC user full system recovery, including the OS, custom settings, user applications and data files, without the need to schedule intrusive restore or back points.

Also, I want to emphasize that PC ANGEL is still operable even if Windows fails. In other words, it works within, as well as outside of, Windows. Many traders are now going to raid systems using the fast Raptor SATA drives. As far as I know, PC Angel is the only recovery system that works with such raids. This means you can be up and running and back trading in no time at all.

In terms of how it works, PC ANGEL uses the file technology to take a 5-second snapshot of the current system registry each time the PC boots up. In the event of a crash, PC ANGEL will retrieve everything up to the minute before the crash or the last known stable registry. The magic is that PC ANGEL does not take any system resources or affect the system's live performance and, yet it is still able to recover the system in full.

For more information, please go to www.tradersworld.com.

 
   

To get a fuller explanation with more details on the items described in this article, please go to www.tradersworld.com. Larry Jacobs’ articles also appear in Traders World magazine, and he can be contacted via email at publisher@tradersworld.com.

 

 
 

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