My wife has friend who recently had their hard drive burn up on a 3 month old computer…..  EVERYTHING GONE.  Don’t let this be you.  Backing up your mac or PC is so cheap and easy to do nowadays that everyone should be doing it.  And please dont buy your own external drives and do the back ups your self.  This is too prone to error and failure and often lacks the redundancy needed to do it correctly.  Try using an online service that does all of this for you, and does it automatically while your computer is in use or resting.  Brilliant stuff.  The service I have been using is called Mozy.  They are the market leader and a great service in my opinion.  And you can try it now for free by clicking this link:

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