Do this today. I mean this minute.
October 24, 2007
Your computer’s hard drive is a piece of hardware that can stop working at any time. Have you backed up your hard drive lately? Are you confident that you have back up copies of your most important files? If you lost your hard drive today, would you be devastated?
Please go back up your computer. Right now. Copy your important files somewhere — removable drive, CDs, your web site. If you can, leave a copy of the backup somewhere where your main drive is not.
I’m sure you can imagine why I’m writing this post so urgently. Back up RIGHT NOW. I wish I had…
Filed under: Open Mike, Re: business
Uh oh, did something bad happen Leslie?
Your post appear ominous. I hope you didn’t lose too much.
Which reminds me, I need to back-up my files!
Comment by David Airey — October 25, 2007 @ 11:52 am
David-
It’s as bad as you think, if not worse. It could all be gone. I’m mainlining chocolate as an attempt to cope.
What I meant to include in the initial post is the contact info for a great company to help with either your backup solution (if you’re thinking about it before disaster strikes, like a smart person) or recovery (if you’re me). If you live in Western Mass and you need computer help, call Core Solution Group at (413)584-5115 or http://www.coresolutiongroup.com. Ask for Manuel. And tell him I sent you.
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — October 25, 2007 @ 2:23 pm
Oh no!
Well, you made a good decision to try coping by chocolate. I’d do something similar. Preferably 70% cocoa.
Comment by David Airey — October 25, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
Yikes! I kind of know how you must have felt. My work computer crashed back in March two days before I was supposed to upload a magazine. I don’t know how I managed but I rebuilt it before the deadline. Needless to say, my company finally saw the need for a back-up system after that.
I hope they were able to recover at least some of your files.
Comment by Karly Barrett — November 15, 2007 @ 8:06 pm
Nope, not even one. Total disaster. Happily I’m starting to catch up. Slowly.
Comment by Leslie Tane Design — November 15, 2007 @ 11:05 pm