We’ve had a few clients recently who have suffered a complete computer crash and loss of local data.
This is a reminder that everyone should be backing up their Dragon user profiles.
Without regular backups, you may find yourself having to re-create a new user profile at a time when you need to spend your energies on other tasks (as so often happens when a computer crashes with loss of data). While it does not take long to re-create a profile, if you have hundreds of custom commands (as I do), their loss is deeply tragic.
Speakeasy Solutions suggests, for extra peace of mind, that you either keep a copy of your user profile stored on your network or removable media (i.e. USB memory stick, CD, DVD and so on) that you will not over-write. Such a copy will prove useful in the future should your hard drive completely fail (so that you need not create a brand new user profile). Moreover, Speakeasy Solutions suggests that if you do keep regular backups, that you keep the last two versions at all times (just in case your most recent backup is damaged).
Why backup?
- Loss of user profile data,
- Corruption of user profile data.
We suggest a few different solutions, depending on your setup and preferences.
