Hard Drive Failure Imminent – Knock on Wood
I hope you never get that message on your computer, however, it is a distinct possibility. We have regular backups running on the servers at school but what about your personal computer? Think for a few minutes about the files you have on your hard drive at home. What would happen if that drive failed and could not be recovered. What would you lose? Years of lesson plans? Income tax records? Pictures of vacations? Genealogy records?
If you are like me the thought of losing all that information makes you shudder. We all know we should backup our hard drives regularly but I dare say, few of us do. You can copy your important files to CDs or DVDs and store them in a safe location or you can consider one of the many online backup services available now.
I use SugarSync to backup my critical files. They have a free account that lets you backup 2G of files to their online servers. You select which folders you want to be backed up. The program monitors those folders and automatically backs up file that are changed. You can even back up files from multiple computers to the same account. If you need more space there are other paid plans available.
Other services with similar features include DropBox, ZumoDrive, and OpenDrive. Don’t wait until it is too late. Get your critical files backed up today.
