BACK IT UP!!!

This is a quick entry to remind everyone of a very important lesson I learned the hard way last night.

For the love of all that is holy, BACK UP YOUR HARD DRIVES!!!

I had a spectacular crash last night. Every digital picture I've ever taken or been sent through e-mail, every piece of clipart I've collected over the years, every client project file, every project template I've downloaded, the drivers for my new laser engraver ... all gone in the blink of an eye.

And all this happened when I had two projects that absolutely needed to be done last night and a very large one waiting in the wings that needs to be started this week-end and which will take a week and a half of full-power, 12-hour days to complete.

Luckily, hubby has a computer that we were able to install the laser's drivers on, so we were up and running and had the "must do" jobs completed by 2:00AM.

But I'm still mourning the loss of all of my photos, clipart and data, as witnessed by the box of Timbits I killed today.

So, please, learn from my mistakes. Back-up your hard drives weekly, if not daily. Your stomach (and the lack of ulcers therin) will thank you for it.