ah, if he had learned the quirks of computers when they were first coming out in the late eighties and early nineties, you would have learned, painfully I might add, to always
and often SAVE SAVE SAVE as you go along.back then it was not a matter of IF you experience a data-losing crash, but WHEN……
Most software nowadays can be set to automatically back up your work every so often. If you’re massively paranoid (like myself) it can back up every five minutes, though you should set it up to only back up things that have changed since the last time. Also, don’t back you work up to your laptops main hard drive! Get a portable drive that plugs into a USB port. They’re pretty cheap at the moment (I just got a 1 terabyte [room for a LOT of stuff!] for $50). They’re compact, and get their power from the USB port. Set your program to back up to the portable drive, and if the laptop dies you can just take the drive to a new computer.
The Life I Draw Upon over 10 years ago
How long have you typed oh whiteout-less one?
Toonerific over 10 years ago
Good doggy :-)
Dawn Premium Member over 10 years ago
Dogs always put things in perspective. :-)
Nighthawks Premium Member over 10 years ago
and often SAVE SAVE SAVE as you go along.back then it was not a matter of IF you experience a data-losing crash, but WHEN……
docopenhaver over 10 years ago
Most software nowadays can be set to automatically back up your work every so often. If you’re massively paranoid (like myself) it can back up every five minutes, though you should set it up to only back up things that have changed since the last time. Also, don’t back you work up to your laptops main hard drive! Get a portable drive that plugs into a USB port. They’re pretty cheap at the moment (I just got a 1 terabyte [room for a LOT of stuff!] for $50). They’re compact, and get their power from the USB port. Set your program to back up to the portable drive, and if the laptop dies you can just take the drive to a new computer.