I have a friend who backs up her files in a big way. She saves her books under different names, and changes filenames regularly.
At first I was going to tell her I did the very same thing. Then I thought a little more, and realized that isn’t true. I WANT to save compulsively, and I do change file names now and then, but it’s very hit-or-miss. Specifically, it’s when my computer acts like it’s going to die that I back everything up.
This seems to happen fairly regularly. For instance, we had a power outage less than a week ago. When the power came back on, my computer behaved a bit oddly, taking three times as long to pull up programs, sending me into a panic. I had not backed up anything since before summer, when I rebuilt Zackly Right.
If I had not been able to access my hard drive, I would have lost hours and hours worth of work. I could not have pieced it together. It would simply be what I call electronic dust – leaving only the faintest of residue behind.
Instead, I quickly backed up everything. And now I’m grateful for a little power outage.
Alice
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