In general it's a good idea to have local and off-site backups of important files. With local copies you'll be able to quickly access lost data; with remote backups you're covered if the house/ business gets burned down, robbed, etc.
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Ken Hargesheimer <[email protected]>wrote: > Excellent advice even if not gardening topic. Every computer needs backup. > In addition, we have a service [$50 per year] that backs up all info > constantly. It is shocking to me how few people do this. Think about > this! You get up in the morning and everything in your computer is gone! > What would you do? Sooner or later that will happen. It is a matter of > WHEN. Be prepared. > > Ken Hargesheimer > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Greta Lint <[email protected]> wrote: > > > First, please accept my apology for sending this out. I know it goes > > against > > the rules. > > > > > > > > Secondly, I am sharing a lesson learned. A friend of mine on my Facebook > > page got a rude awakening this morning that Facebook had deleted her > > account. She has lost years of memories and photography. She called me in > > tears. Facebook will not restore her account. I teach classes through the > > community colleges on how social networking can be used to promote your > > business, so she felt I could help. I cannot. > > > > > > > > If you are on any social networking site, I highly encourage you to > develop > > a habit of saving your images to your hard drive, or to an external hard > > drive. And remember the rule of thumb is to back up your primary hard > drive > > in three places: 1) external hard drive which you can easily access; 2) > > external hard drive which is kept outside of your home, business, > building > > as flood, fire or theft can disable you and 3) a back-up system within > your > > own computer. I encourage you to call your IPS provider and see if cloud > > technology is available. It is worth the monthly fee. > > > > > > > > Again, please accept my apology for breaking the rules, but I feel this > > message is important. > > > > > > > > With regards, > > > > Greta Lint > > > > Asheboro, NC > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Greta Anita Lint > > > > > > > > Greta's Promotions & Strategies, Inc. "Build it and they will come," - > but > > only if you promote it! > > > > Press Releases. Small Business/Small Town Marketing Consultant... Tourism > > Development/Promotion... Marketing Plans... Festival > Consultant/Promoter... > > > > <http://www.gretalint.com> www.gretalint.com > > <http://www.gretastips.com> www.gretastips.com > > > > Office 336-626-0527 > > > > Mobile 336-963-1102 > > > > 807 Shamrock Road, Asheboro, NC 27203 > > > > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > > > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20120709/e136c503/attachment.html > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and > to > > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > > To post an e-mail to the list: > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > > > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20120709/8d3e7bb7/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20120709/b7fcefbc/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
