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A friend of mine posted this on his Facebook page. John Doe is, of course, not his real name.

Of course he didn’t have a backup.  So he has joined the club of millions and millions of us that learn, the hard way, about the relief an occasional backup would have provided. I am a gold card member of this frequent flyer program myself.

So your New Year’s resolution could be this. Go out and buy one of those memory sticks like the one shown above. That one is available from Best Buy and costs under $20. Now you will promise yourself that on the first of every month you will back up the following important information.

• all cellphone contacts
• all email addresses and computer contact lists
• all your passwords that you have saved in a file that is password protected (Don’t name it Passwords. Make it an everyday thing that someone would ignore like cat names or homework)
• your My Documents directory and all the files (if you have a lot of videos and music files you might need a larger capacity memory stick)
• any other file(s) that changes regularly
• as a minimum save the files that would be the hardest to recreate

Store the memory stick at work or in your glove compartment or safety deposit box or in your neighbour/friend’s kitchen cupboard (the one above the refrigerator that just stores seldom used stuff). It will give you an excuse to go have a cup of coffee with your neighbour/friend at least once a month. Don’t use a relative or family member’s house. You don’t need any more punishment.

The good news is that John Doe’s phone information my be recoverable by the manufacturer. Everybody cross your fingers and pray.

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