The right backup software saved my sanity

As someone who uses a computer many hours a day every day of the week in my real estate business, I have learned the devastation of having the device go down. If you haven’t had it happen to you, rest assured that it’s as likely as ice cream dripping down a cone and tornadoes mutilating trailer parks.

Yes, it really could happen to you.

Yes, it really could happen to you.

My computer shut down twice in the last two weeks, once with a frightening little boom and the odor of electrical fire.  It turns out I needed only to replace the power unit, but the trauma forced me to call a tech.  It also gave me a headache.  The second event made it impossible to boot beyond the second black screen, no matter what I did.

Wouldn’t you know each shutdown was one or two days before the deadline for my biweekly newsletter, Realty Digest..  What preserved me from the amount of sanity I still can claim was miraculous software that I purchased for something under $50 last year. Continue reading