| "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows | | | | afford to lose or rebuild.** Important! If you have to |
| could not be accessed or located."It happens to the | | | | completely reinstall your operating system, the "My |
| best of us. A complete operating system failure. One | | | | Documents" folder is usually lost. Make sure you don't |
| day you might turn on your p.c. and that dreadful | | | | forget this folder when you do the back up.3. Make |
| message is on your screen as plain as day. You don't | | | | sure all of your .exe, zip and software install files are |
| know what you could have possibly done, as your | | | | on a disk. This is easily done by backing them up or |
| computer was working fine just a little while ago.Panic | | | | burning them onto a CD. You should already have the |
| is usually the first thing to set in. Something like an | | | | system restoration and any other store-bought |
| operating system failure can literally put home business | | | | software disks handy.The actual repair or reinstall of |
| owners out of business indefinitely. The cost and time | | | | your operating system may simple or it may be |
| involved in trying to repair a p.c. and the months or | | | | complicated. If you are well versed in this area, you |
| even years of lost information is overwhelming and | | | | may be able to restore the system yourself. If you're |
| frightening to think about.This doesn't have to happen | | | | like most of us, you may have to call a computer |
| to you if you are prepared.When you think about it, our | | | | repair professional.When your p.c. is restored, you will |
| businesses are at the mercy of technology. The | | | | be able to simply reinstall your software and |
| technology is only as good as long as it's working | | | | documents files from the disks you created. If you |
| properly. What a wonderful world we would live in if | | | | have access to a secondary p.c., you can install your |
| technology were flawless.The reality is that systems | | | | programs on the backup computer in the |
| fail. Computers are machines and machines | | | | interim.Regardless, you will rest much easier knowing |
| sometimes break down. It doesn't get any simpler that | | | | that you have taken some basic steps necessary to |
| than. We have no other choice than to be prepared | | | | prepare yourself and protect your business.This very |
| for when those times come, especially IF we want to | | | | same scenario happened to me just recently. It could |
| make sure our home business suffers very little down | | | | have been a disaster for my business, but it wasn't. I |
| time.There are some very easy things you can do | | | | was prepared and was back up and running within 24 |
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| business. You need to be back up and running as | | | | GalePatty Gale is a successful entrepreneur who |
| quickly as possible in the event of an operating system | | | | specializes in |
| crash.1. Document everything including usernames, | | | | personalization and customer care for all her clients. |
| passwords, merchant account numbers, important | | | | She exchanged |
| websites and especially software unlock codes. | | | | her suits, hose and heels for working at home in her |
| Anything that is not written down on paper is subject | | | | "jammies" and is |
| to be lost.2. Back up your hard-drive as necessary for | | | | on a mission to empower other women to do the |
| how often you have new updates that you cannot | | | | same. |