I use my computers and flash drive to store, organize, and manage the most important areas of my life. Personally, I've stored pictures, videos, music, church member personal records and financial statements, and event presentations for at least 10 years. Professionally, I store financial statements for the after-school program, important lists, calendars, assessments, management documents, pictures, videos, programs, permission slips and other forms, and my parent handbook. I have been developing this professional package for the last 10 years.
Before computers, I was queen of the file cabinets. I still have hard copies of files from high school classes stored in my basement file storage. I had an extensive pen collection to help make my note taking a little more exciting, along with fun stationary and note pads. I was also the person who saved up a box of disposable cameras and undeveloped film cases. I was thrilled with the accessibility of my first digital camera. I loved the idea of cutting out the middle man.
When I think about losing all of the data I've accumulated over the years, I get a little sick to my stomach. I've been blessed to have only lost data one time, with little actually lost. My method of file back up has been to make CD, now DVD, images of my hard drive. It always takes several disks to store the data, so my frequency is inconsistent and not often. As time is ticking, making me more and more fearful of a major loss of data, I have grown concerned about finding a more practical and fail safe method for file back up.
Erin,
ReplyDeleteThat si true. I also feel so bad and sad when I lost any data. Recentlt my flash drive stop working and that was difficult to accept.From Tat point I always have at least two copies of every data accumulated.