A lil’ off course

OK, so once again my plan got off course.  Last night when I came in I was all set to put up my new post.  Well, my husband decided it was a priority for him to get on and check out his e-mail.  So I waited and when he was done I sat to the computer and……..nothing.  The computer was frozen, so I rebooted it.  Windows would not start, my computer had crashed.  Now I just paid $150 bucks back in March to repair my computer.  When I got it back it was slow as a snail didn’t have much memory and I lost all of my files including many precious pictures of my children.  Now you think I would have learned my lesson by now but uh-unh.  I still failed to back up my important files and my entire SYSTEM was missing or corrupted.  This time I called Aunt Mary the computer tech(who I somehow forgot to call the first time), and she walked me through the troubleshooting process over the phone.  However, I lost all my data once again.  This time I backed up all of my pictures but didn’t back up my other documents. So I still lost out.  I have just begun my own business and had some work for two of my clients that was not backed up I will need to redo that all over again.  One project is due immediately,  so I am in a bind.

I have decided to research ways of protecting your files.  With my busy life I don’t want to go through the hassle of having to put in a CD to save everything.  I was aware of the USB flash drive which my aunt suggested.  Others might know them as a jump drive or a thumb drive they are a great backup system for all your files and can range from 1-32GB’s.  The price for these range from about $7 to $100 but are generally inexpensive.  Try WAL-MART they’re great they always have low-low prices (I should be getting paid for that plug), their cheapest is about $8 so give that a try.

Who knows I am probably the only idiot who doesn’t have one, but hey, you never know.  My other option she gave me was to get an external hard drive but this is a bit more expensive. They range from about $80 and up to about $300 depending on the device specifications.

This is one of my first steps in being more organized and responsible.  As I learn of new ideas I will post them here.  If you have any questions or comments please feel free to post them here.

Thanks,

Miss DiSorGaniZeD