PSA: go backup your computer!

[zubeneschamali]

Right now! After you read this! So that if your computer suddenly refuses to boot like mine did last night, you won't be wondering if you'll ever see the last few months of fanfic you've been writing but haven't yet published ever again...

Thankfully, my job-related work is all on my work computer and is regularly backed up, but since I feel funny about backing up my personal folder (read: fanfic) at school, and I haven't gotten around to backing it up at home for a few months, there's a fair amount of stuff locked up on that hard drive. :(

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[lark_ascends]

:( Oh, yeah, know that feeling. With the mac I back up regularly now, particularly with the PhD work. *loves Timemachine and my external harddrive*

With fanfic folder, you can always zip that up and email it to yourself as a back up. That's what I've done when I'm panicking at any point. There's also google documents.

Hope you can get the computer working again!

[zubeneschamali.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I have a couple of backup plans available, it's just reminding myself to use them. *needs Gibbs!slap*

[aleo-70.livejournal.com]

There is also Norton's Ghost - set the schedule and it does the rest with automatic back-ups (I use an external drive for these) from just files and folders to complete image of the harddrive. You don't need to remember to do anything other than ensure the external drive is connected.

Harddrive crashes? Install a new one, restore from back-up and hey presto instant clone machine, no messy moving back in or lengthy reinstalling of software needed. At most I'll only loose a week. I've not had to do it (touch wood) but my brother has many times when moving into new laptops and swears by it. My schedule is set weekly to run at some ungodly hour that I'm normaly not using the computer so it is completely painless.

Just a thought.

[zubeneschamali.livejournal.com]

That sounds pretty neat. Great for forgetful people like me. :/