Surprised they haven’t been backing up
In my previous post I was telling you that I have had the good fortune to land a temporary job doing some bookkeeping for a small local business. The business is a new one, only been in business a short time; less than a year. They have been running on paper, no bookkeeping had been done on computers at all. My job has been to install computer software and start putting the company records in the computer. The first day that I worked there I had to install the software (which is outdated already and I told them to upgrade to the newest version as soon as possible!) And then I asked them for a thumb drive for me to use to back up the files from time to time. I like to back up my work frequently, just in case I make a horrendous mistake that I can’t figure out how to undo, or in case the computer crashes. I was so surprised when they said that they didn’t have a thumb drive! They had never even thought about backing up the files!
Considering the lack of technological savvy going on in that office, I’m inclined to suggest that they purchase the online backup services from the idrive.com website. The convenience and reliability of having the online service is a good idea for them because they won’t ever have to worry about whether or not something was backed up, and what did they do with the backup file! And the service is very reasonably priced, too!