When the genius at Apple Store transferred my files to the new MacPro, they deleted them from my Sept on Sony Viao.

So I went to my back up and nothing was there. When the Geek Squad set that up in Sept they said just plug in at night, leave laptop on and it will back up.

I never checked it until I needed it just assumed it was working.

Never again. As the techy from U of M. told me, it is not IF but When.

We have many computers with a 50/50 mix between PCs and Macs. The PCs are all high-end, brand name (IBM and Sony) with fast processors and plenty of RAM. Same for the Macs. Most of our servers are with Godaddy. We are sticklers about updates and maintenance and, as such, it is rare that any of our computers go down.

Our primary work, relational database development, is performed on live (production use) servers located at Godaddy. This means that if one of our computers were to go down, we can simply log on to our company databases from any other computer. To give some perspective: we can be on a call with a customer and, if a computer fails, simply move to another computer without exiting the call.

Our primary data files are backed up every 30 minutes, then those backups are backed up twice a day to separate remote locations.

I appreciate your broader point about having a plan for your business. For computers, however, you should plan on them failing (especially if you buy budget PCs) and employ redundancy for the contingency.

Maybe you should create another user account.. and use Firefox extensively…

Just a suggestion

I have a desktop – Windows XP, in which the hard drive needed replaced.

A windows Vista laptop where the screen went black and needed repair.

The latest was a failed operating system. I swear it had something to do with my family being here last week and a few of them using my computer, one to watch a movie – but don’t know.

Maybe, it is the Spyware – I’ll check it out.

Thanks for your advice and input – I have 8i also, a double edged sword:)

ALL your computers?

Hmmmm…

1. You don’t know HOW to operate a computer. You are probably deleting or corrupting system files that run the OS (operating system) and that’s why ALL your computers are being affected.

2. You may be using a “spyware” or “malware” program that is interfering with the operating system.. Find out what it is and uninstall it..

3. Are you using M$ Office on a system that can’t handle it?

4. Are you using XP? Vista? I use 3 computers every day and never had an operating system failure. 2 Vista Home Premiums and an XP Home. I use Network Magic, SugarSync, and Norton Internet Security 2009. No problems… Firefox and Thunderbird. I also decided to go back to Top Producer 8i even though I despise Move.com LOL…