the coolest nerd » windows http://justinong.com the glass is neither half full or half empty, it's twice as big as it needs to be Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Backup Your Computer! http://justinong.com/2007/10/backup-your-computer/ http://justinong.com/2007/10/backup-your-computer/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:09:55 +0000 Justin Ong http://justinong.com/2007/10/23/backup-your-computer/ A few months ago I had a client come crying to me about her failed laptop. She was a visiting researcher from Ecuador, and had three months of work on there that was saved no where else. The laptop would boot, but would lockup — and you can hear the click of death.  Though usually a sign that the drive is completely gone, I managed to recover all of her documents.  She learned a valuable lesson that day.  I still remember her sobbing,  and that vision ensures that I backup my files regularly.

I recently had three hard drives die. Luckily none of them had any critical information on them, but they serve as a warning. No matter how careful you are, you must always have a backup. There is no excuse.

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