Your PC Recovering Disks

This month’s article deals with the “If Only I Had” issue of  recovering your computer. If there is one wish I have for all those reading this article this Christmas is that they backup their computers and generate the recovery media. My heart often goes out to people when they lose their precious memories. Computers can be replaced but photos and videos are snapshots in time and as we all know, to our cost, we can’t turn back time. A backup drive will cost you 60-70 euro which is not that cheap but I ask you what value have your memories? If you value them less than 70 euro you need to re-adjust your priorities because somewhere along the way you’ve lost sight of what is really valuable in this life, and here’s a hint, it’s not money! End of Sunday sermon let’s move on to the processes.

Generating Recovery Media
All computers either come with, or are capable of, generating what manufacturer’s refer to as recovery software. To save money the vast majority of computer makers no longer provide the recovery software on cd but instead install the software onto your computer. The buyer, that’s you, must purchase blank cd’s (dvd’s in most cases) and generate the recovery media themselves. Unfortunately, as we are it appears procrastinators by nature, 9 out 10 ten people dropping off machines for repair to me have not taken the time to create the media.
 Had they done so the job of getting their computer up and running again would be quicker and more importantly cheaper. Take the time to generate the recovery media because as sure as night follows day your computer will at sometime in the future need these disks. If you don’t know how then seek professional advice and I stress professional advice (I won’t charge you an arm and a leg to do it for you!).

Once you have generated the media put them in a safe place where you can find them.

Caution: These are not repair disks. They are recovery disks and if you used them without securing your data you will wipe out anything on your hard drive. If your computer fails, crashes, or otherwise misbehaves these disks are not the answer to get you back up and running. As before you need to determine the cause of the problem before you supply the cure. Seek professional advice.

Wishing you all a quiet and peaceful Christmas and may the new year bring you and yours joy ,hope, and peace in your life. 

Nollaig Shamh daoibh go leir agus ta suil agam go mbeidh an bhlain seo chuagain nios fearr na an bhlain seo thart.

Oliver Reidy is a computer technician and has been in the industry since 1981.You can contact him via email at help.desk@reidyonline.com