I almost had my computer completely crash last week and didn't have my projects backed up anywhere but on the desk top I use to create the training. Naturally it scared me like crazy but we were able to get it running again and I have been trying to figure out best practices to have the trainings backed up somewhere so if something were to happen again I would go there to get them.
So, what are best practices for saving trainings and where other then on the desk top I use to create them? Pretty time sensitive question as my computer is giving me issues again.
It's never fun having to deal with a computer on the fritz! I would first recommend checking out these articles on Tips for Managing Your Project files and Tips to Reduce Corruption and Loss of Files. As David mentioned, you'll want to make sure you're always working from your local drive. However, saving copies as backups in a different location is always a good practice. Check out the Back Up Your Work section of the second article I linked for some ideas of where to do so and tips for each. Let me know if you have questions!
Don't continually work on the same file. About once a week, copy the .story file, so you have a backup with a different name (fileV1.story, etc.).
I know your computer is going, and you need to follow David's suggestions, but files can get corrupted even on good hard drives, so multiple copies of a file are a necessity.
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Hi Tina,
It's never fun having to deal with a computer on the fritz! I would first recommend checking out these articles on Tips for Managing Your Project files and Tips to Reduce Corruption and Loss of Files. As David mentioned, you'll want to make sure you're always working from your local drive. However, saving copies as backups in a different location is always a good practice. Check out the Back Up Your Work section of the second article I linked for some ideas of where to do so and tips for each. Let me know if you have questions!
Don't continually work on the same file. About once a week, copy the .story file, so you have a backup with a different name (fileV1.story, etc.).
I know your computer is going, and you need to follow David's suggestions, but files can get corrupted even on good hard drives, so multiple copies of a file are a necessity.
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