In a Computer World
Crash Preparedness
I'm talking about our email account settings that we need to set up our email accounts again. I'm talking about our serial numbers and unlock key codes for downloaded software we've purchased and registered. I'm talking about the settings for uploading our web site(s) to our web host servers.
These were some of the things I found necessary to have at hand when we have to replace our hard drive or have to reformat one...like I had to do recently.
It's amazing how much we rely on our computers and how much information we store in them. I had all my Internet registrations in an email folder, although fortunately, I also recorded them onto my rolodex cards.
Having a file or log or way to retrieve important information is vital when we operate with computers. Yes, computer backups are great, but do they store our log in and password information, our computer settings and email configurations, or the key codes to unlock software we have to reinstall? No, I can tell you it doesn't.
The one thing I haven't done manually (and I'm sorry for it) is to log my favorite Internet sites. Because, now all my Internet Favorites are gone and have to be reconstructed from scratch. I'm not quite sure this is feasible to do because of the nature of how time-consuming it would be and the double-work this would involve, but it's just a thought.
Whatever the case, just keep hoping it doesn't happen to you -- but be prepared, nevertheless.
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