Back in February I wrote a piece entitled "Backup Those Vital Photos And Keep Them Safe". In this piece I wrote about different backup methods that were available to not only photographers but all users whether they used their PCs or MACs for personal or business use.
I had tucked knowledge of its existence away in my mental archives until today when I came across this article talking about "Business Continuity for SMBs" which is extends of my article and talks about how to plan what to do in the event of an issue with the technology or premises you use for your business.
I agree with the author that for most SMBs the plan would be quite but plan you should 'just in case' and keep in mind what I said about those backups.
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Sunday, 27 February 2011
Back-up Those Vital Photos And Keep Them Safe
I first wrote the entry below a couple of years ago and posted it on what was my then new blog. I was the first entry and it received no hits. Not to be disheartened I left it a couple of years and didn't do much else until I created this blog which thankfully is somewhat more successful.
A few recent events, namely by son dropping a NetBook PC scrambling the hard disk, my wifes PC deciding to set itself back to factory state, formatting the hard disk in the process and then the recent Christchurch earthquake reminded me of this piece I wrote way back then.
On reading it the same is as true today as it was then, especially if you have valuable documents on your PC such as photos or carefully crafted documents for your work. Your documents don't have to be valuable in the financial sense, even if they are of purely sentimental value they deserve a little thought into how they should be preserved.
There was a time when your documents would be wholly on paper and keeping copies safe for posterity was quite a task. Nowadays it is so much easier and just needs the application of a little time, thought and perhaps a little money to make sure your documents it happens.
The piece, which I have edited a little to bring it up to date, read as follows:
A few recent events, namely by son dropping a NetBook PC scrambling the hard disk, my wifes PC deciding to set itself back to factory state, formatting the hard disk in the process and then the recent Christchurch earthquake reminded me of this piece I wrote way back then.
On reading it the same is as true today as it was then, especially if you have valuable documents on your PC such as photos or carefully crafted documents for your work. Your documents don't have to be valuable in the financial sense, even if they are of purely sentimental value they deserve a little thought into how they should be preserved.
There was a time when your documents would be wholly on paper and keeping copies safe for posterity was quite a task. Nowadays it is so much easier and just needs the application of a little time, thought and perhaps a little money to make sure your documents it happens.
The piece, which I have edited a little to bring it up to date, read as follows:
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