A technician advises a client to regularly back up their important files to an external drive. What is the primary goal of this action for data availability?
To protect the system against viruses and malware
To improve system performance by defragmenting the file system
To provide regular updates to software applications
To ensure that copies of files are available for recovery if the original version is lost
The primary purpose of performing regular file backups is to create copies of data that can be recovered if the original data is lost or becomes inaccessible. This can happen for various reasons, such as hardware failure, file corruption, accidental deletion, or a security incident like a ransomware attack. By having a separate copy, data availability is maintained because the information can be restored. Protecting a system against viruses is the role of anti-malware software, providing software updates is part of patch management, and defragmenting a file system is done to improve performance; none of these actions serve the primary recovery purpose of a backup.
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