There’s a lot of material out there on back ups i.e. Backing up your hard drive, taking images etc.
However, I also know there’s many of us who probably use our personal laptop primarily for browsing, checking email et al and maybe use a bit of MS Office or other such applications for personal passions.
If that is the case, you might not always want to have a complex back up system set up. If you have less than 2GB of critical ‘must-not-lose’ stuff, just put it into your Dropbox. (presuming many of us these days have been exposed/are using this amazing utility)
For the uninitiated, Dropbox is a file syncing utility that you can use to share files between various laptops. The point often missed here is Dropbox can be used for backing up your own content as well, as anything you put in it is sync’d online.
So, essentially if you start using your most important files within your Dropbox folder, you can be sure that there is a copy online in case your computer crashes..
It is a precautionary measure but such things help us sleep better at night. Helps me for sure as there is some stuff I don’t want to lose!
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Please drop any questions you might have in the comments and I’ll be happy to help answer them.
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