Thursday, September 16, 2010

August, what BLOG?

Plugging in...

WOW. August 2010 came and went without an entry. Not for lack of stories, though. Between Twitter, Facebook, training, teaching and troubleshooting, the odd two weeks of vacation, updating the Salem State UNIVERSITY class website for the computer literacy classes the Tutor teaches, well, there just wasn't time for blogging.

With the fall equinox approaching, more in-door time is coming. That means more blogging, more nagging of the readers to BACKUP their stuff. THREE, yes, count them THREE client hard drives crashed this week. Data not backed up, most irrecoverable without spending loads of cash. How much you ask? Close to $1,500 for some super-duper data recovery. How much is YOUR information worth?

Backing up is like flossing teeth. One knows one should, but one doesn't always do so every day. Replacing a tooth is WAY more expensive than recovering data so FLOSS and BACKUP.

ALWAYS REMEMBER: before calling for help - is it plugged in, IS IT BACKED UP, and is it turned on?

Unplugged

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