Question

doug moved his pictures from his smartphone to his computer. later he downloaded free online games off the internet. 30 minutes later his computer froze up. he had to restart the operating system and reformat it. as a result, he lost his pictures. what could he have done to save his pictures? a moved a second copy of the pictures to a different directory on the computer. b automated the hard - drive backup for the section containing pictures. c backed up his pictures to an external drive or the cloud. d contacted the smartphone provider to have them restore the lost pictures.

Explanation:

Backing up data to an external drive or the cloud is a common and effective way to safeguard important files like pictures in case of computer - related issues such as crashing after downloading untrusted software. Moving a copy within the same computer doesn't fully protect against system - wide failures, formatting the hard drive would delete the pictures, and smartphone providers usually don't have the ability to retrieve pictures that were transferred to a computer.

Answer:

C. Backed up his pictures to an external drive or the cloud