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Hate Change too? Bought New Laptop. Didn't Use. Old One With YEARS of Data Just Crashed. Ouch? Nope!

by warriorkay
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Nope, It's All Good, ... I didn't break a sweat. I just brought
out the new one... and got back to work... without losing any
data. I didn't waste any time at all getting back to work. Even
when the new one was loading, I used my galaxy note to continue
from where I stopped.

Thanks to using Dropbox, Box and a few other solutions. If
you love your old laptop too but want to avoid losing all your
data WHEN (not if) it crashes, do what I did:

- Download and use either Dropbox or Box (both are free)
Dropbox.com - first 2GB space is free
Use Box.com - first 5 to 50GB is free

- Work DIRECTLY into your Dropbox.com or Box.com folder
(I just did a control + S seconds before my old laptop crashed,
and the last work I did was saved because I was doing it
directly onto my Dropbox folder.)

- Sync your browsers, so that everything you have on your
browser(s) - your bookmarks, extensions, apps, theme, and
other browser preferences are saved and synced, to be
accessible with any other computer, anytime.

More tools to get the best from using Dropbox or similar services:

5 Cool Apps That Make Dropbox Even More Useful
The Top 10 Best Dropbox Services, Addons and Hacks - TNW Apps

I know these will not be new to most of us here, but there
may well be some who still either don't use online storage tools
like these or just wait to manually backup weekly or so... or even
those that don't back up at all,

What's funny is that it's so easy for today's generation to
take all these for granted, thinking this is how it always was.

Looking back at the days when I used different floppy disks
to move files from one computer to another and how I usually
lose lots of data due to corrupted floppy disks, it's amazing
how much things have changed. Just imagine what more
changes would happen in the next 5, 10 or 20 years time.

Do you use Dropbox or similar tools too? Any more tips to add to
help people like me who still hesitate to change from using old
laptop to new ones? Please share,

Kingsley
#bought #change #crashed #data #hate #laptop #nope #ouch #years
  • Profile picture of the author megansays
    Just went through this a couple of months ago, due to my inexplicable need to share coffee with my computers. Yes, plural. I *really* like sharing.

    Like you, I was up and running in minutes (with a bigger and better laptop - I swear it wasn't on purpose! , but I use SugarSync. Same concept, different application. It instantly uploads changed files and they can be synced to mobile, etc. I love taking a picture on my Droid and opening it up on my comp the next minute!

    With free options now, there's simply no reason to not back up and avoid losses. I was right in the middle of a client project when my old comp died, and didn't lose even a single word!
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  • Profile picture of the author warriorkay
    I haven't heard of SugarSyn, but yes but you are right - there are
    many free options now and there's no reason to NOT back up. The
    good thing is that it backs up without our involvement, unlike the
    old method of having to manually back up every couple of hours or
    so.

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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Whisonant
    Backups are a great thing. Glad your backups worked for you.

    We actually don't keep ANY data on any of our computers. All data is on a NAS internal cloud drive and can be reached by any computer in the network.

    The NAS drive is backed up to a duplicate NAS and that is backed up to a solid state drive that is kept off site. So we have a backup of the backup.

    We also use dropbox to maintain all critical files, as well as files needing accessed outside the network.

    Passwords are kept on a thumbdrive using KeePass.

    This setup has saved the day many times.
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