According to a new survey by IT security company AVG, many people across the UK are using data storage with no backup – in other words, they’re storing valuable data on their PCs with no security and no backup.

About 31% of people in the AVG poll had lost information they couldn’t replace that was stored on their PCs. The main causes of losing data were;

PC malfunction

Virus

Human error

Computer damage

Power cut

Looking after your computer, getting the experts in should it malfunction and using antivirus software are all measures that may just save your data.