Do you have a contingency plan in place?
It has been awhile since I have made an entry into my blog and for this I apologize. You can say that my time was spent working through my computer problems. Not by choice that is for sure.
Have you ever experienced any sort of computer problems, such as a computer crashing? If you have, then you will agree that this is not much fun especially if you do not have any contingency plan put in place.
I was one of those people that did not have a good plan in place; however, I was lucky enough to have just put a better plan in place before my computer crashed. We sometimes become lackadaisical and think that I will get to that “soon” and before long…”soon” is just not soon enough. There are many ways that you can save your information from your computer and I recommend that you have more than one back up plan in place.
You may use such things as flash drives or something that has a little more space such as external hard drives which range approximately $100-$200 depending on the make, model and size of hard drive. It is very easy to set up and does not take a techie to install it for you. All you have to do is plug it in to your surge protector, then plug in the USB cable into your USB outlet and you are off copying and pasting your files to a safe storage. It is just that easy. When you are done simply unplug the unit and keep it in a cool safe place, as this will protect the longevity of the external hard drive as well as from power surges that could be harmful to your information.
Last and certainly not least, the other method is utilizing the many offsite backup applications that are easily accessed by the internet. You may be able to find one that is pay per year or your IT provider has this capability to do this for you.
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