Folks it is fast approaching that time of the year for making backups of your computer and important data contained therein. Think of all the stuff you have going! And more to the point, how much of it irreplaceable? And what can you do to protect it.
HOW TO BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM ABSOLUTELY QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY
Ok, let us make it simple. You backup your system, just as it is. Everything! You image the entire computer. You do this often. You do it quickly. You develop a procedure that takes you 5 minutes to start it going. While it is working you go do something else, like have a night on the town. When you come back, you not only enjoyed the evening, but you have a bonus fuzzy feeling knowing you just thwarted the most vicious mal-ware author ever. And you'll be protected against any form of mal-ware or virus that blows into town. Every virus writer will shake in fear and go scurrying for the nearest emergency exit! Those ohh
moments are a thing of the past!
This is what you do:
1- Insert backup program CD and connect up an external USB drive of some sort.
2- Turn on the computer and monitor.
3- Select "backup" and start it going.
Folks, it can't get any easier than that. Any problems and you can simply go back to the way it was before. Absolutely bulletproof and 100% guaranteed to get you out of trouble. For bonus points make extra copies of your important stuff as you work throughout the week. And for the slam-dunk you have two copies of your master image; rotating through them every other backup session. Done and done!
If and when you have a problem, you do this:
1- Insert backup program CD and connect up your backup media.
2- Turn on the computer and monitor.
3- Select "restore" and start it going.
4- Optionally, bring your user files and documents up to date.
Those virus writers and mal-ware producers didn't stand a chance. Isn't that cool or what?
Here are examples of important data, it is by no means an all-inclusive list.
Photos, graphics, add-on development and other projects, school work, schedules, financial stuff, music files and iTunes libraries, papers and dissertations, Orbiter installs, videos, journals and diaries, downloaded software both legal and illegal, ripped libraries, pr0n collections, games, utilities, Photoshop materials, tutorials, documentation, office suites, recorded data from experiments, top-secret gubbament filez, password lists, browser add-ins and customizations, source-code, personal letters and e-mails, freeware collections, flight plans, records & transcripts of any type, schedules, smartphone app libraries, on-line transaction records, medical information, divorce papers, marriage papers, high-score records, SMS and text messages, training materials & tutorials, on-line billing and bank statements, page saves from Facebook and other sites, PDF files from the early history of the space program, well-configured operating system set-ups, patches, drivers, documentation, maintenance records, forum posts, the list continues..
HOW TO BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM ABSOLUTELY QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY
Ok, let us make it simple. You backup your system, just as it is. Everything! You image the entire computer. You do this often. You do it quickly. You develop a procedure that takes you 5 minutes to start it going. While it is working you go do something else, like have a night on the town. When you come back, you not only enjoyed the evening, but you have a bonus fuzzy feeling knowing you just thwarted the most vicious mal-ware author ever. And you'll be protected against any form of mal-ware or virus that blows into town. Every virus writer will shake in fear and go scurrying for the nearest emergency exit! Those ohh
moments are a thing of the past!This is what you do:
1- Insert backup program CD and connect up an external USB drive of some sort.
2- Turn on the computer and monitor.
3- Select "backup" and start it going.
Folks, it can't get any easier than that. Any problems and you can simply go back to the way it was before. Absolutely bulletproof and 100% guaranteed to get you out of trouble. For bonus points make extra copies of your important stuff as you work throughout the week. And for the slam-dunk you have two copies of your master image; rotating through them every other backup session. Done and done!
If and when you have a problem, you do this:
1- Insert backup program CD and connect up your backup media.
2- Turn on the computer and monitor.
3- Select "restore" and start it going.
4- Optionally, bring your user files and documents up to date.
Those virus writers and mal-ware producers didn't stand a chance. Isn't that cool or what?
Absolutely Thrilling!
Here are examples of important data, it is by no means an all-inclusive list.
Photos, graphics, add-on development and other projects, school work, schedules, financial stuff, music files and iTunes libraries, papers and dissertations, Orbiter installs, videos, journals and diaries, downloaded software both legal and illegal, ripped libraries, pr0n collections, games, utilities, Photoshop materials, tutorials, documentation, office suites, recorded data from experiments, top-secret gubbament filez, password lists, browser add-ins and customizations, source-code, personal letters and e-mails, freeware collections, flight plans, records & transcripts of any type, schedules, smartphone app libraries, on-line transaction records, medical information, divorce papers, marriage papers, high-score records, SMS and text messages, training materials & tutorials, on-line billing and bank statements, page saves from Facebook and other sites, PDF files from the early history of the space program, well-configured operating system set-ups, patches, drivers, documentation, maintenance records, forum posts, the list continues..
