Author : Theresa Cahill
As you sit at your computer reading this somewhere in the
back of your mind may be the little words, "Back me up!"
floating around trying to alert you to something truly
important.You swat the thought away like a pesky fly telling yourself,
"I will, I will..!" and ignore that silent, almost esp-like
intuition trying to help you and save you from computer
disaster.For a fleeting moment you give in to the voice, saying to
yourself, "Boy I AM way behind on my backups." But...And then it happens... WHAM! And you've lost everything :(After having suffered two crashes in the Fall of last year,
and a few problems in this new year, I can with all honesty
tell you that being prepared in the event of a computer
emergency is worth every second it takes along the way.Sure it's still gut wrenching to have it happen, but putting
it all back together takes less and less time the more and
more you are ready for it.What Needs Safekeeping?Your website should be one of the first things you
download on a consistent basis unless you know you have
the complete website files and databases already on your
own computer and you only make changes from your computer
and upload to your website.If you've been in and out of your website via FTP making
a tweak here and a little, but important one there, and
haven't downloaded those changes to your working folders,
yikes!Relying on the hosting company to keep your site safe is
cool, but it is your site and overall your responsibility.If you don't change it often, then once every few weeks
would be fine. But, if you're like me and in there every
day, more often is definitely called for... a lot more
often!Then what?Sure I have my files on the hard drive, but if I can't
access them, what good are they?I've got both a read/write CD-ROM and an external drive,
and my preference is the external drive. Call me stupid,
but it's just like accessing an A disk only much bigger.
It's just really easy to use, quick to install, and
inexpensive to purchase.So back 'em up!Next, your email - every receipt for purchase, every
password and username, every download link and unlock
code, and... well you get the idea. Save them to disk!If you just knew how many programs, products, and ebooks
I lost last year you wouldn't even bother to finish this
article, you'd just high tail it to your inboxes and
start now.Which, of course leads me to the ebooks, programs, etc.,
that you've purchased along the way. Are you 100% sure
that you can remember the urls to the websites where
they all came from...? Are you counting on your trusty
Favorites folder to help you out? Think again.If catastrophe hits, bye bye Favorites. Back them up,
too.Yes it's time consuming now - to some extent - and we
all believe there's "always tomorrow."But should tomorrow ever come... don't be caught short!© Theresa Cahill - All Rights Reserved. Feel free to distribute this article. Please keep it intact and with the resource box included below.ABOUT THE AUTHOR:Theresa Cahill, a two decade veteran of marketing, is the owner of http://www.mywizardads.com and invites you to take a look at the services of MWA and download fr.ee helpful information and more at http://www.mywizardads.com/sitemap.html
Category : Book Reviews
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