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October 20, 2005 - Newsletter by Jerrold Schiff
Index:
1) Hurricane Warnings
Computer check list
1a) Data
1b) Electricity
1c) Email
In the past, I have used and strongly recommend the following services
-- see list below --
1a) Data
- back up your data - write to cds
Not sure how?
Don't have a CD Burner or software?
Give me a call !
Types of Data
- financials
- Accounting: Quickbooks/Peachtree
- Spreadsheets: Excel
- Word documents
- Personal notes
- Word documents
- emails (Outlook or Outlook Express)
- Pictures
- usually stored in "my pictures"
files ending in .jpg, .gif
- Music
- if you use Itunes, you may be looking at a LOT of cds!
Where to put the cds you just created?
- consider "off site" storage
- like a bank safety box
- or a trusted relative in another city / state
- or mail it to yourself using the post office
(if you are lucky, that alone would hold it for a week)
1b) Electricity
A start:
Surge protectors - Surge strips
Covers just the basics and little else
Best:
"UPS" - Uninterrupted power source
Keeps the computer running when the power shuts down.
Gives you a little bit of time to turn off the computer safely.
Protects from major spikes in power. A few UPS claim safety against lightening strikes.
1c) Email
- start by emailing everyone from your address book
- explain that "just in case" the hurricane does real damage,
they should keep your email address handy
- and that way, if they don't hear from you, they should
assume you lost their email address (and you are not ignoring them)
- print off important emails
- back up emails to a CD
- certain programs are easier than others. ie outlook express versus outlook
- trim off emails that aren't important (delete useless emails)
