A close lawyer friend of mine was recently the victim of a burglary.  Her law office was broken into over a weekend and the thieves stole all her computer equipment and other valuables.  Even though she kept paper files, all her computerized files were gone along with her computer.

I asked her after she told me about the break-in, “Did you back up?”  Her response is typical of lot of attorneys, “It was next on my list of things to do.”  But we all know that that list only grows longer and other things start to creep in ahead of backing up.

She has since spent a lot of time and money to rebuild her office from this catastrophe.  The lesson to be learned is that even though you may lose your computer to theft, fire or other disasters, if you have an effective back-up system, the only cost to you would be the money to replace the equipment.  The time to restore your old files would be negligible.

I recommend multiple backups, one of which should remain outside of your office.  Keep a hard drive backup and also an online backup such as Mozy or Carbonite.  Do it now before it’s too late!