Next up, it was time to re-install MS Office 2016. Time needed to restore proofreading service so far: about 6 hours It was just a case of remembering the login, re-installing Dropbox from the internet and then voila: all of my proofreading-service-related files were back! I use Dropbox to store my business files and I am really pleased about this. Lesson 3: Store all documents and files related to your editing and proofreading service on a secure cloud (or external hard disk). I wouldn't want to lose all of these, which brings me to Lesson 3, which is something that Kate and I had, thankfully, already planned for. In addition, there are my invoices, receipts, worktime tracker (helpful for knowing how much to quote for repeat work), and my finance and tax spreadsheets. I also create style sheets and like to have the original versions that I received and the versions that I returned saved in a neat set of folders for my reference.
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Running a proofreading service involves receiving, improving and returning a lot of files and most clients like me to keep a copy to refer to for future projects. Time needed to restore proofreading service so far: about 5 hours
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However, once my rather-desolate Windows 10 desktop loaded, I realised that there was so much more I still had to do. So, Windows 10 is now installed and we are back on track. Lesson 2: Create Windows backup restore points. There are several ways to automatically or manually create restore points to backup Windows (search for "create Windows restore point") and it is a good idea to be doing this as it will significantly reduce the amount of time it takes to recover your proofreading business. I should mention here that if my situation was slightly more favourable, and my Windows installation was repairable, then I could have used a restore point to return my system to a previous, working, state.
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Lesson 1: Always have a Windows installation media, or a second computer on which to create one, available. I set my BIOS to boot from USB, which allowed me to get into the command prompt, from where I could format the hard disk and then re-install Windows. My laptop came with Windows pre-installed, so I didn't have a DVD or USB with Windows on it.įortunately, I had my phone to research what to do and Kate's laptop on which to create a Windows 10 installation USB.
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Time needed to restore proofreading service so far: about 2 hours
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Without going into all the techy details, a few tests later and I knew that my laptop's hard disk was physically OK but that the data on it was so corrupted that all I could do was to format it completely and re-install Windows 10. "Oh dear" was the slightly edited version of my initial response, followed by "I wonder whether I can recover from this." So, one day I turned on my laptop and instead of the nice photo of a beach and the login screen, I was faced with the blue screen of death. I thought it would be helpful to share my experience of what I did to get my editing and proofreading service back up and running and the lessons learnt (some the hard way!) from this process. Something happened recently that I knew would happen sooner or later: my laptop broke. With this hat on, I asked him to write a guest post about his recent less-than-ideal IT situation. You might know Pete as my husband, or as the editor behind Technical Editorial, but I also refer to him as my IT director. Business Continuity Planning for your Proofreading Service