A computer crash must not come altogether as a disaster at all saying goodbye to valuable information. There are a lot of ways you may be losing sensitive data and backing it up everyday is really crucial for business. Sometimes things as normal as corrupted files may happen and things as natural as lightning may give you a heart attack when you least expect it.
I don’t trust much online backups and storage before. I thought they are not safe and that they could be just a waste of money. A good friend of mine advised me to buy an external hard drive last month. He was teaching me well I guess with computers and what I need. I did not prioritize it of course because I bought my laptop and my LCD first. I was able to upgrade my equipment two months ago.
Last night, I was near to tears when my file for the sites, passwords and everything in one excel got corrupted. I did not save anything in the computer for security reasons but just save it on CD. It was a very little file actually but it contains my life. Last night I felt like the life of me disappeared too.
My great work was gone! I remembered I got another file on a CD somewhere but not as updated as the file that was corrupted. Oh God it was really frustrating and I got no one to call to help me.
Today I was in search for online storage or online backup sites. I see the need now and felt its importance with my whole heart. There are several sites that I have visited as such as Mozy.com with a 2GB free online storage space, WebAsyst where you may allow other people to upload to your account too, Powerfolder which gives you a free 5 GB storage space, Xdrive which allows you to drag and drop files directly from you desktop, Adrive gives you free 50GB of backup storage too and several others.
I really regret I did not act on it immediately. Now I feel like I am going to get sick just imagining the effort and the time that was wasted. I am back to square one! Virtual Assistants and Bloggers especially small businesses who got a lot of files already please do it now. Don’t wait for your files to get corrupted before you act on it or it will be too late. Enjoy peace of mind knowing that your data are stored in a safe, remote location.
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