How Do I Test If My Backup Would Actually Work?

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A Tulsa accounting firm gets hit with ransomware on a Monday morning, every workstation locked, client files inaccessible. The owner is not worried, because the backup software has shown a green checkmark every night for two years straight. IT starts the restore. Forty minutes in,…

How Do I Know If My Backups Are Actually Working?

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A green checkmark and a “backup completed successfully” email do not tell you whether your backup would actually restore your business if you needed it tonight. That is the uncomfortable answer to how you know if your backups are actually working: the software confirming a…

What Is the Difference Between Backup and Disaster Recovery?

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Most business owners assume backup and disaster recovery are two names for the same thing, and that assumption is exactly what leaves a company unable to reopen after a server room floods or a ransomware attack locks every workstation. The difference between backup and disaster…

Accidentally Deleted Important Work Files? How to Recover

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If you have accidentally deleted important work files and felt that cold jolt of panic, the first thing to know is that deletion rarely means gone forever. A contract, a spreadsheet, a folder of client records, or a presentation you spent days on can usually…