Last Thursday I asked if you use checklists, and if someone could cover for you if you were away.
Who knows enough about Excel do do those tasks?
Based on your comments, it looks like we could use some improvement in that area!
What About Excel Backups?
In the same vein, what about backups? What happens if you show up for work, but your key files don’t?
When I’m writing, or working on a client project, I upload all my Excel files to my online storage account at the end of the day.
That way, the current project files are available off-site, in case of fire, flood, tornado, can’t remember where I live, whatever.
At one of my clients, they have extra server disks, and the latest one is taken off site at the end of the day.
On-Site Storage
For on-site storage, the Excel files from my desktop computer are backed up overnight to an external hard drive, and the laptop files are backed up to its external hard drive.
The backup program doesn’t copy the files from the Program Files folder though, so I have to remember to do that myself, once a week(ish).
What’s Your Backup Plan?
It feels like there are holes in my backup bucket, so maybe I need to add some steps.
- Do you have a backup routine in place?
- Does yours copy everything, including the program files?
JP, my condolences for your wife’s computer. Now you just have to remember to do the weekly backups. 😉