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Computer First Aid Kit

Strategies to Protect Your System
Nick B. Nicholaou | posted 11/02/2007
This article provided by the Engstrom Institute

Who would think of crossing an ocean in a boat with their family — without a first aid kit? Ministries relying on computer systems are in a similar situation:

• Your staff, like your oceangoing family, is trusting that you've done your homework assuring their well-being;
• While out there on the computing ocean of life, islands of good support and safe harbor can be few and far between;
• The chance of a problem being inconvenient is high; and
• Poor planning on your part could very well end in mutiny!

Like so many areas in life, this is one in which advance planning pays off. Hopefully, like an insurance policy, you won't need to be thankful you had coverage in place. But if disaster strikes, you'll be glad you had a lifeboat with provisions packed. More than that, staff, will appreciate your thorough preparation.

The Potential Evil That Lurks

Computer problems come in all shapes and sizes. As we look at what to include in our first aid kit, let's keep these potential problems in mind: Hard drive ...

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 Capacity, Computer Protection, Connectivity, Information Recovery, IT, Restoration, Servers, systems, Web Connection