Today is Works for Me at Rocks in My Dryer. I do not have the graphic since my computer went kaput on Saturday and I am working off a friend's computer tonight.
I have learned the hardway what does not work for me. Now I am a computer nut. I have pulled apart computers, replaced parts, love my software and have taken computer courses for web design as well as software courses.
First lesson: BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER!
I get an F. I have no backup and I now have no hard drive.
Right now I am at a friend of my husbands computer shop. He can't get the info off my harddrive either. Now, I have all family pictures, old pictures, all my blog info, affiliate info and passwords. Documents that are needed, my web design files and all my email addresses are all on that harddrive.
Paul tried, but can't get the thing to work and said there is only one chance of getting to work, but he does not have the part. It seems I need to get another drive, same model number and try to take a part off and maybe that is all that is wrong. MAYBE!
I said "what should I have done to back this up?"
Here is what he said should work for me (and you!).
- Get another hard drive that you can plug in and have a software program to ghost the hard drive.
- Get an external harddrive and software to back up at a certain time every day, week or whatever.
- At the very least, make a copy of your important info on cds or some other storage and keep it in a safe place.
So, from now on, I am backing up! This will save me the time, head ache and heartache I am facing now, and that Works For Me!
