Wednesday, 16 April 2008
The Power of Back-ups
| Yesterday the unthinkable happened. My computer (3 months old) died. No worries - I'll just move over to my back-up computer I thought. I switched it on ... it had ground to a halt also. I said many magic words I can tell you! It turned out the mainboard on the new computer had suddenly decided to do its own version of the dead parrot sketch and the back-up computer needed a visit from my IT GP to work some magic. Of course my mobile phone also decided to be temperamental yesterday to add to my comfort levels. Luckily my admin guru Penny was around to deal with the calls on her mobile for me! I had backed up as per my regular schedule onto my external hard-drive, with the last back-up on Friday night. I had an intuitive hunch on Monday night to run another back-up but ignored it (note to self - listen to intuition more). Less than 36 hours and I am all back up and functioning. Granted I am uncomfortable with cables running everywhere, and I am running between two desks ... but I am still functioning with only a few days data to reconstruct until the main computer returns. So - what would you do if all your computers suddenly crashed like mine did? Would you be able to function? What systems do you have in place to deal with disaster? Does everything work as it should - have you done a trial run? Until next time Ingrid Cliff Heart Harmony Labels: computer back-ups, disaster recovery |
Hi Ingrid, as organised as I try to be it took me till yesterday to "back up" my computer on to a exterior hard drive. Hopefully I will be spared your mess up. Sally Ann www.agoodsort.com