We had a near disaster at this years conference that could have been easily prevented. Without using any names, one of our scheduled presenters contacted us three days before the conference to tell us her computer's hard-drive failed and she lost her presentation power-point + everything everything else on her computer. The last time she had backed up her computer was many weeks before the failure and now she was looking at $500.00 or more to have a service "recover" as much data as possible. She had to literally reconstruct her entire presentation using her handout.
Had she subscribed to an automatic backup service like Carbonite this would have been a minor inconvenience, instead of a major panic.
I talked about this during my presentation on using iTunes and explained how I had a similar hard-drive failure last year. Because I use Carbonite, I was able to purchase a new hard-drive locally (about $70.00) and with a few clicks restored everything in just a few hours. I lost nothing.
Did I mention she uses a Mac? She could have easily borrowed someones computer, downloaded the files she needed and be ready to present in about 5 minutes.
Don't be foolish. It's less than $5.00 a month. Sign-up now.
John is a member on the AFS (Association of Fitness Studios) Advisory Council.
Holding certifications from; Schwinn, Heart Zones, Team ICG and Life Time Fitness, John's held regularly scheduled cycling classes between 1998 and 2015 when he moved to Florida.
When the weather permits, you'll find him riding and leading outdoor groups by himself or with his Tandem partner (wife) Amy.
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I signed up with Carbonite thanks to ICI pro. Luckily, haven’t had to restore anything yet, but I sure sleep easier!
Had this happen to me in aug and lost most of my 1 1/2 yrs of work and music. i now have an external hard drive used through Time Machine on my Mac. have spent months and many hours rebuilding. live and learn the hard way i guess.
That sort of thing only happens to other people. It’ll never happen to me.
just signed up. Thanks for the reminder!!
So sorry I missed the conference. Hopefully will make it to the next one!