Backup
Let me say it again.
Backup.
Backup your computer.
Backup your photos.
Backup your files.
Backup your email.
If it doesn’t exist in at least two places it doesn’t exist.*
*And if it’s really, really, really critical, back it up in two places and a third off-site.
I cannot stress this enough, BACK UP YOUR FILES!
Because when, not if, your hard drive crashes.
Your child spills juice on your laptop.
You knock your coffee onto the desk and your laptop.
You drop your laptop.
Or the eventuality of a hard drive having moving parts and eventually it will die occurs.
Your. Files. Are. Gone!
Recovery is very expensive! Often costing hundreds if not thousands of dollars with zero guarantee of recovery of anything!
So please, just backup.
If you’re on a Mac, use Time Machine or the superb SuperDuper!
If you’re on Windows, use Second Copy (free trial) or Sync Back (Free, look for it on the page).
If you’re on Linux you should know enough to backup already.
Reblogged because this really can’t be said often enough. I always have all of my important files in triplicate, make DVDs that I take offsite every 6 months (that makes a 4th copy), and really important files like financial data is also synchronized with Dropbox instantly, making a 5th copy.
