TIP: For Peace of Mind...Backup Your Computer Yvonne Bryant International

TIP: For Peace of Mind…Backup Your Computer

I received a reminder of this VERY IMPORTANT tip from my friend Joe Sabah this week.

[title size=”2″]Yvonne & Joe’s Tip: Backup your computer[/title]

I’ve dealt with this issue multiple times over the last 20 years. It seems technology conspires against me sometimes.

In college, I lost half a semester’s work when my floppy disk died. (yes, this was before thumb drives and external hard drives.)
Nine years ago, my hard drive corrupted and wiped out about 6 years of irreplaceable images from my architectural and interior design portfolio. (That one hurt major time!)
Four years ago, I thought I had it down…I scanned four years of data onto an external hard drive that was going to be backed up to CD. Little did I know that the clicking noise it was making was the sound of a hard drive dieing. (I think the universe was saying that I was not meant to have a portfolio of architecture work in hind sight.)
I was working for a firm that was backing up their system every night (or so they thought). Let’s just say that was not a pretty sight when files corrupted…

I recently learned that I have run out of space to back up my computer on the spare drive…so now on to identifying a new solution.

WHY? As noted above, the information is irreplaceable. Once it is gone on a dead hard drive, there is typically no recovering it. I have recovered a couple of hard drives at great expense, but not the important ones.

While your insurance may cover time down in the case of a disaster (if you are paying for that insurance), it still does not change the fact that the data is gone. Nor does it take into account all of the time that is required to rebuild or recover the data.

Joe recommends offsite Computer Backup storage for extra security. He has been using a backup system called Carbonite. For $48 a year, or $4 a month, his computer is backed up constantly. www.carbonite.com

Other options dependent on the size of your data:

Second (or third in my case if I go this route) internal hard drive
External hard drive
Thumb drive

Considering my record, I’ll be looking for something redundant (ie. two backup areas!)

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2014-09-03T09:04:51-05:00

About the Author: Yvonne Bryant

Yvonne Bryant is CEO and owner of consulting firms (2014) Yvonne Bryant International llc and (2012) Motus Design Group llc. She started her first business, database development and data entry services for international non-profits, over 20 years ago. As CEO of Yvonne Bryant International llc, Yvonne is on a mission to help creative entrepreneurs and experts build and grow profitable businesses. She works with them to improve productivity (your backend systems, processes, marketing, time management, work/life balance), products (your products and services), profits (your pricing strategies and overall business plan), and presence (your leadership and communication skills). She is the 2011-2012 District 26 Toastmaster of the Year for Leadership Excellence and Service for Colorado, Wyoming and Western Nebraska. She has established two Leadership Institutes in Western Colorado. Yvonne is a Certified Small Business Consultant with the Colorado Small Business Development Center Network and she holds a certificate in E-Business. She is in the process of completing her Executive Coaching Certificate with the Center for Executive Coaching. In her free time, Yvonne volunteers in her community as Vice-Chair on the Dillon Planning & Zoning Commission. She enjoys spending time with her husband Evan and their yellow lab Cheyenne hiking in the Mountains of Colorado and riding dirt bikes.