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9:40 PM
As you may have guessed from the post below... my "baby" (NO, I don't actually have kids thus I must refer to my precious Powerbooks as such instead) crashed/died/bit-the-dust today. This computer was my "workhorse" from 2005-early 2007 and I still use it as my main file/email computer.
The Good News:
- We are OCD about backing up all client files so NONE were lost in this crash. We still have back-ups from this weekend's wedding, though not the edit.
- We'd done a COMPLETE backup of the computer as of August 29th and various other back ups that happen regularly overnight, every night
The Bad News:
- The Past 72 hours worth of work (Wedding edit from this weekend, complete library/favorites selection of 2007 images, and various documents may or may not be recoverable. We're slowly trying to recover these files by transfering them over to another computer. We may have to go through the wedding from this weekend again. But thanks to our Crazy Simple Workflow... only hrs were lost instead of days.
- This computer was "born" in 2005 and some of the applications were transfered from a now-retired G4 TITANIUM powerbook from 2001... needless to say, we'll loose a lot of grandfathered applications when the computer gets wiped out and reformatted.
The Ironic:
- I was out dropping off two back-up hard drives at a safety-deposit box at the bank when the crash happened. Go figure!
Lesson Learned:
- Just Like Tires: Computers will fail, directories will corrupt, and hard drives WILL fail. They are like tires... will wear out over time... you can count on that!
- Plan for IT: When I worked in Corporate America I spent my first year there helping out people that put together Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery programs for a living (for big companies). They taught me a few key things like the importance of having a full plan for recovering your important files and programs ... so if a computer crashes or the whole office goes up in flames today, we can be back in business in a few days.
- Learn from others before it happens to YOU!: Nothing like this has happened to me until now... and I knew it was a matter of time... so I'm glad I took these steps BEFORE vs AFTER a crash happens.
I have an appointment with a Mac Genius tomorrow afternoon (oh yes, that AppleCare comes in handy here!) and will probably be up half the night pulling as many key files off the HD as possible. Sarah will be able to continue our work on the other two computers so all will be okay... just a few days behind....
I'm going to continue this post on my Biz Blog with some tips and insights on what we do to prepare for something like this happening.
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