Backup

Backups are great arn't they!

You mess up and you just get back what you were working on from your backup.

Simple and easy - fool-proof nothing can go wrong if you have a backup - right?

WRONG

Doing a backup is a complex thing that needs a great deal of thought and it needs you to take time out NOW and do it.

What work are you doing - write it down. eg new advert design

Make a list of ways in which it could be lost or damaged - just the major headings like:

1.Loss of PC

2.Accidental deleting of files - human error

3.Virus or other deliberate sabotage of PC

4.Software bug

5.Hardware fault

6.email-corruption in sending to publisher

7.Printing problem

8. Other - eg act of god like a lightning strike

Now take action to protect your work against the things you have identified - protect it periodically and protect it by duplicating it if it is work on a computer.

EG. buy USB memory sticks and copy your work onto them in a rota as you work so you always have at least three copies of your work at various stages of development.

That is fine for home users - if you are a new employee test out your IT department by deleting a file one day and asking them to recover it the following day.  This is the only true way of knowing your IT team are on top of their game.  Depending on your circumstances I recommend doing this once a year and using various senarios as IT people have a habit of moving on and the new guys disabling stuff they didn't set up!

Specific advice will need a site visit.

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