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Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Back up

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Did you back up your precious documents lately?

Check out Ellie's post on the latest virus

I once had my whole computer wiped by the techie people
(documents, emails the lot)
and I cried buckets!



These days you can backup your files online, which is great security for your documents in the event of something like a house fire or burglary.

Or there's memory sticks.
If all else fails...
Keep hard copies


So what are you waiting for?
Go back-up your MS's.
Posted by scribbleandedit.blogspot.co.uk at 10:05

16 comments:

  1. Samantha Vérant8 March 2011 at 10:20

    True!

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  2. Anonymous8 March 2011 at 11:20

    Good advice! You never think it can happen to you till it does.

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  3. Susan Fields8 March 2011 at 11:39

    Great reminder! I had a bogus virus warning pop up on my computer earlier this week, and even though it was nothing, it convinced me I needed to back up my files right away, but then I promptly forgot. I'm off to do it right now!

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  4. Liz P8 March 2011 at 11:53

    Thanks for the reminder. I try to backup once a month but I probably should do it more often. It's easy to forget but worth the few minutes it takes.

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  5. Angela8 March 2011 at 13:43

    I swear by the memory stick/zip drive.

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  6. Rachna Chhabria8 March 2011 at 13:45

    Thanks for the reminder. We forget the basics :backups, as we are so busy writing. We do need to save all our files.

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  7. Anonymous8 March 2011 at 14:11

    I had a hard drive crash over a year ago. Now I e-mail everything to myself. (I've had memory sticks lose their memory too--yuck!!!)

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  8. Spanj8 March 2011 at 14:25

    I learned that lesson while I was at uni and managed to lose an entire day's worth of essay writing!

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  9. Old Kitty8 March 2011 at 15:58

    Yay for the reminders and Ellie's blog too!!! Thank you - so important to do this. Also - remember your passwords! I've lost a whole 67,000 ms that I saved on disc and to this day am unable to get past the password stage despite using lots of software to unlock the password!!

    Take care
    x

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  10. Maria Zannini8 March 2011 at 16:49

    I don't do this enough unless someone's pokes me with a fork.

    Off to back up. :)

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  11. Frances Garrood8 March 2011 at 17:41

    Almost as important is to remember to save as you go along (I am bad at this). Power cuts are more common than house fires (although I don't underestimate the disaster potential of the latter!).

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  12. Donea Lee8 March 2011 at 17:48

    Love the cartoon! Too funny. I'm pulling out my memory stick right now! :)

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  13. Misha Gerrick8 March 2011 at 19:29

    I recently did my back-ups by e-mailing my work from my one account to the other. So it's backed up where I can always get them. :-)

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  14. Deniz Bevan9 March 2011 at 11:58

    Love that cartoon! I don't use anything like dropbox yet, just frantically email my ms back and forth to myself, if I've even changed so much as a word...

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  15. Regina9 March 2011 at 18:42

    I think this is a great idea. What a wonderful idea. I use a thumb drive for everything because I am afraid that my computers are going to crash, but what if my thumb drive fries...argh! *panic*

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  16. MTeacress10 March 2011 at 21:41

    I've backed up my blog a couple of times. I should probably do it again. And, oh I love my thumb drive. Thanks for the reminder :)

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