A computer is the need of this technology era, doesn’t matter whether for a personal or commercial purpose. It contains various data along with important private information. When any problem occurs in it, we rush to computer repair store for the solution.
The repair guys generally require access of your administrative account which is password protected. If they are trusted and skilled one then your data counts in safe hands. But if not then they can wrongly use your data information or wipe it away. Hence; you need to choose wisely repair service for your computer.
Before sending your computer for repair, you need to make sure below few things first:
Get a backup of all your data:
· Do not forget to generate a backup image of your data on SSD or hard drive. So, it can prevent your data after reinstalling windows from the scratch. But make sure that reinstalling windows are necessary step to solve the problem of your PC.
· By removing all the data, you can disable windows login password so, later on also you can use that password again.
Place your important data in the cloud:
· If your work is still going on while your computer is in repair store, you can shift all your files to Dropbox, shared drive or in any backup cloud so, that you can access it quickly in absence of your personal computer (PC). This step offers an advantage as you can synchronize all your currently updated files with PC automatically when you will get it back.
Defend sensitive files:
· The sensitive files can include confidential data like bank, credit card statements, taxation forms which need to be safe from others. You can either encrypt those files or can move to other storage before giving PC for repair.
The above information might help to protect your work files from fraud.
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