A few weeks ago I scared myself shitless. My indestructible MacBook Pro wouldn’t turn on. And I had a website I was in the middle of launching for a client and my laptop was the only place where the files could be found. Damn.
Long story short, I was able to salvage some of the original hard drive and I spent a 48 hour period rewriting copy, resizing images and chopping up some CSS in WordPress to launch the site.
So, what if you lost it all?
What if you lost your recorded files? The ProTools sessions, the beats, the once in a lifetime guitar solos. The videos, pics and lyrics. It would suck. It would suck bad.
And then there’s the the second part of losing it all.
For 3 years I served on the Board of Rock For Hunger, a local Orlando non-profit that worked with the area’s homeless. We worked with college students, the local community and a ton of musicians to raise awareness on the problem in our backyard and help rebuild lives through education, employment, nutrition and just being real for a few hours.
Today I wanted to do something special to help both Rock For Hunger, and you guys. My buddy Robert Granholm from IT Arsenal is launching his eBook -The BackUp Informer today. It is the most effective and easy to understand guide on backing up I’ve seen. It even made sense to me, and best of all, I now backup my files everyday.
Rob has a really cool affiliate program where I make a few bucks if I refer a sale. Instead of putting that in my wallet, I wanted to do something cool and give back to those that really need it. So, 100% of my affiliate commission is going to Rock For Hunger and to help those that have lost it all.
BackUp Informer will run you $10. This is a stupid low launch price. Especially if you use it. And if you pick it up with my cool affiliate link, you are also helping some people get their life back.
Rob And I Chatting It Up
Last week I caught up with Rob for a few minutes where we chatted about backing up and the music industry. So even if you don’t pick up the guide, these are some great ideas for physical and cloud based backup. Peep it out.
Thanks for hanging out today and please leave a comment below on your backup strategy. Also ask some questions. Rob is checking this post out and will help out where he can.
Check out the BackUp Informer here.
-Greg
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Rob
569 days ago
Thanks for the chat Greg. I’m so glad to help and hope people out there get backing up. Action is more important than anything else, if you’re on the edge, feel free to speak up, ask questions and make something happen, I’m happy to help.
PS. Totally honored that a large amount of the sales will be going to Rock for Hunger, Greg, you’re awesome.
Denean
568 days ago
Thanks Guys,
Great information. I’ve been there a couple of times. Once on an album project I had been working on for seven years. It was backed up to an external drive but for some reason my computer started rewriting the drive…yikes! Then I found http://ntfsundelete.com/ I call it my computer angel because it helped me recover every single file I had lost accept for one. With the second situation I was able to recover all of my files. Amazing software and it’s free. Just thought it would be good information to pass along.
Denean