Make the 14th of every month the day I backup my computer

I have been absolutely terrible with this goal. I did a backup today and will be sure to get back on track. I don’t know why I get so slack with this goal—it only takes a few minutes and it saves such a lot of heartache!

Except for a few files, no significant changes this month. If I lost it, I could recreate the info or I have print outs. I’m good.

would help if I bought a back-up hard drive!

This is definitely going on my monthly goal list for August.

I scanned a few files and saw I hadn’t updated much since the last backup in June so I’m OK until August. I don’t think I need to back up everything monthly so I’ll just review the PC every month to determine what needs to be saved.

I’d been having a minor issue with the monitor on my PC fading periodically. Last week, it was happening more and more. And this morning? Kaput! Complete darkness.
It’s sure a good thing that I backed up my PC last month for my upgrade – although it’s not likely I’ll do it this month since I can’t SEE anything.
At least I can use my work laptop if necessary.
Time to shop – quickly.

My PC had a major memory upgrade done for me by a co-worker. He also cleaned up my settings and fixed a few things. THe PC now wakes up in record time!
It’ll make backing it up a breeze!

It took me a few attempts – but it’s backed up.
I got a second 4 GIG flash drive. After spending time this weekend deleting files that I didn’t need, I copied my pictures onto one and my document files onto the other.

Tonight, I’ll unplug the computer, dust it off and take it down to my car. I told my co-worker on Friday that he’d have it Monday to upgrade for me.

I’m so excited. I wish I knew why I procrastinated so long…

I took 2 steps this week -

1. I spent an hour this week deleting obsolete files
2. I bought a 4 gig flash drive

Moving forward, ever so slowly….

Done. Late again. I headed off for on a holiday on the 14th, so I missed the day itself. I still haven’t learned to plan ahead in those situations.

Of course, the trick is to remember on an ongoing basis, but I’ve got reminders in my diary now :)

Big help was buying a USB key – 4Gb easily holds all my data, no faffing about with disks, and much quicker!

Would still like to archive some stuff separately (eg, all MSc stuff together) so maybe that’s how I’ll reuse my former disks. That’s another goal, though!