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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Jack Wallace on February 14, 2010, 11:52:18 am

Title: Back up your Data
Post by: Jack Wallace on February 14, 2010, 11:52:18 am: Following on from another thread I thought it would be useful to see how we all protect our business data.
If you don’t back up your PC and it crashed what would you do? Could you work?

Some people back up to another hard drive or pc but what would you do if your house had a fire or someone broke in and stole everything?
Would you be able to remember your round and who owes what?
Personally I use this https://www.dropbox.com/
It places a folder into "my documents" so every time you place anything into that folder on your pc or make any changes to files within it automatically backs it up to Dropbox.
If you keep all your work stuff in that folder you don’t have to do anything as its being backed up constantly ,
I also use George, so a couple of times a week I back that up to my documents also and it goes straight to the Dropbox server which you can access from any pc anywhere.
If the worst happened I could be up and running the very next day. (Providing the scrotes didn’t nick my van to take away all my gear) ;D
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on February 14, 2010, 11:58:31 am: I back up to a CD every month.
best to be safe than sorry.

Matt
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: Jack Wallace on February 14, 2010, 12:09:33 pm: I used to only back up once a month also, but if something happend a coulple of days before I was due to back up thats almost a whole months worth of data lost.
Dropbox is daily and best of all FREE lol
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: Central Window Cleaners on February 15, 2010, 11:47:27 am: I have been using dropbox for about 3 months now and has been a life saver
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: prestige cleaners on February 15, 2010, 12:43:59 pm: thanks for the tip, i backup to a hardrive once a month, sometimes 2. cos im lazy. will try that dropbox
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: rg1 on February 15, 2010, 03:38:05 pm: I just use a 2gig memory stick then you can just plug it into any pc or laptop.

Rob
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: Ian Mason on February 15, 2010, 04:02:02 pm: Quote from: rg1 on February 15, 2010, 03:38:05 pm
I just use a 2gig memory stick then you can just plug it into any pc or laptop.

Rob

I am nearly ready to start, & I have 2 memory sticks to back up info daily. I just have to be careful & remember that items deleted from memory sticks don`t go into the recycle bin. :o
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: lee kelly on February 15, 2010, 04:10:25 pm: Backed my data with wcp daily for about 16 mths ,Cant access them because wcp wont load ,cant see whats due ,debts or any backup ,had no backup now since Wednesday so keep it safe Lee
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: Ian Mason on February 15, 2010, 04:28:03 pm: Quote from: lee kelly on February 15, 2010, 04:10:25 pm
Backed my data with wcp daily for about 16 mths ,Cant access them because wcp wont load ,cant see whats due ,debts or any backup ,had no backup now since Wednesday so keep it safe Lee

Hi Lee,

This part the reason why I have decided on manually using Microsoft office, instead of round tracking software.
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: chris@c.m.s on February 15, 2010, 05:46:57 pm: I send an email to myself with my George backup attached.
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: weetot on February 15, 2010, 06:47:49 pm: Careful, cos i think dropbox is run by the Inland Revenue!
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: Jack Wallace on February 15, 2010, 06:52:58 pm: Quote from: iwitot on February 15, 2010, 06:47:49 pm
Careful, cos i think dropbox is run by the Inland Revenue!
I doubt that! why would the inland revenue bother? Anyway even if it was I have nothing to hide.
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: weetot on February 15, 2010, 06:54:11 pm: Just winding folk up. Sorry, ;D its just so easy.
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: jouk45 on February 15, 2010, 07:51:59 pm: with george you get automatic back up to their data base, that what i use
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: Susan @ MB Window Cleaning on February 15, 2010, 09:18:25 pm: I use WCP and back up to memory stick or CD when Matt remembers! WCP do a internet backup for £1 a month, I'm tempted to subscribe! that way I know that whatever happens to the PC I'll have our customer's details! Well worth £1 a month :)

Susan
Title: Re: Back up your Data
Post by: lee kelly on February 15, 2010, 09:25:00 pm: Susan i payed for wcp backup this what the topics about dont bother Lee