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Wednesday 25 July 2012

... and Breathe ...

You know that moment when you realise just how stressful something has been?

When suddenly it's all right and you can - well, just breathe that big sigh of relief?

some things are irreplaceable

That's what happened today, when I got my computer's hard drive fixed.  Almost everything is intact, although a few emails and some things from my Outlook calendar went missing, probably never to be seen again.  I think all my photos and documents are there though. A lot of them weren't backed up (including some totally irreplaceable photos of my granddaughters) so I am actually quite lucky.

The computer has now got a brand new hard drive, and I've decided to invest in an online backup service: Just Cloud is backing up everything on my hard drive as I type (it's been a long job but actually painless, as it's doing it in the background).  It's also going to back everything up automatically every day, which I won't even need to think about - and (bonus!) I can access everything from any computer or mobile device anywhere in the world.

Now I just need a nice foreign holiday so I can test it out...

Oh, and the ability to remember my password. 
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6 comments:

  1. Lynne25 July 2012 at 19:18

    Phew indeed, Wendy! Yhank goodness - but it makes you wonder how soon we've let ourselves get very dpendent on our computers.

    Interested in the Just Cloud facility you mention, I must check it out. I keep reading about people saying 'back up your blog' but though I've been through the motions - so to speak- it never really happens for me. I'm a bit of a technophobe, I know, but when you follow instructions and get no-wnere it leaves you frothing at the mouth. Glad to hear things are ok now, anyway.

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  2. Anonymous26 July 2012 at 06:36

    Ooh a timely reminder for me to do some backing up I think.
    Glad you could save your bits and bobs. It's just awful when you lose precious photo's.

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  3. Wendy26 July 2012 at 10:21

    Lynne, you're right we are so dependent on them. Not sure Just Cloud will work for a blog as it's about backing up your hard drive (everything that's saved actually on your computer) but it's so good for documents and photos.

    Zoe, just do it! I was thinking about it the other week and didn't do it. This has scared me and *made* me do it! It took my son a lot of work to retrieve the data, I have no idea how much it would've cost if I'd had to pay someone.

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  4. Anonymous26 July 2012 at 20:16

    I forgot to do it today, but WILL do it, at least the photo's tomorrow.
    Couldn't bare to lose them and haven't done it for way over 6 months.

    It's on my tomorrow to-do list!

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  5. Highland Monkey's27 July 2012 at 18:36

    What a cute photo. I remember when mine used to clomp around in my heels. So glad that you didn't lose anything.

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  6. Wendy27 July 2012 at 19:18

    Thanks - photos are something you just can't replace and you really want to hang onto the baby photos forever, don't you?

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