After you’ve finally recovered from the shock of your hard drive crash, you’ll have to begin the process of recovering your files. It’s not a fun task, but somebody has to do it. You can pay a lot of money to hire the expertise, or you can do it yourself using software made especially for this type of situation.
Take a bit of comfort knowing that if there’s software to handle this situation, you’re not alone in needing it! It’s important to understand that there are different levels of corruption that can occur on your computer.
You can have a complete hard drive failure which will disintegrate everything installed on your system. Then there is individual file corruption which can still ruin your day.
When an individual file is corrupted, it means that the program that manages the file is unable to access it. Without access, the file becomes corrupted. There are many ways a file can become corrupted.
There might be a bad spot on your hard drive that the file attempted to write to. There are diagnostic programs you can run periodically to fix these bad spots, but most small business owners just don’t do that. If the bad spots are not fixed, and the file gets written to it or partially written to it, that file is officially corrupted. (However, you probably won’t know this until the next time you go to open that file!)
Power surges are another big culprit involved in corrupting files. If a power surge strikes at the moment you are attempting to open a file, close a file or write to a file, the file will become corrupted.
Accidentally kicking the big, red power switch on your CPU likely will corrupt whatever files were open at that time. Viruses are notorious for wreaking havoc on your files as are any number of other unexpected and unexplainable gremlins that attach to your pc on a daily basis.
Many small businesses depend upon the Microsoft Access database management system to manage their accounting or their inventory, or their CRM and any number of other business applications which are database dependent. Imagine how you would feel if one day you went to enter in a customer’s order and found that everything you needed to process that order – your customers, your product and pricing, and even your inventory – was all gone! How could you recoup?
Or you go to open Microsoft Word and try to open the sales presentation you’ve been working tirelessly on, and the file can’t be read. How much money could you potentially lose by not having that presentation submitted on time, thereby losing the opportunity to compete for a lucrative project? A situation such as this could actually put a small business out of business.
And what about those huge, number-crunching spreadsheets you’ve put together in MS-Excel? You know, the ones that contain all of your crucial accounting, sales projection, and other financial data? What would you do if they were lost and you had to recreate them? Could you recreate them?
There is a way your MS-Access, MS-Word and MS-Excel files can recover from CFS, in as little as fifteen minutes. That’s right. All you need is a prescription for OfficeFIX, a file recovery suite that can fix your damaged MS-Excel files (works on all versions of Excel), your MS-Access files (version 95, 97, 2000, XP, and 2003) and your MS-Word files (works on all versions including Word for Macintosh).
So rest assured knowing that when the dreaded CFS strikes your business, there’s help!
Software Automation Helps Increase Your Bottom Line
When you own a small business, time is money. And every time a task that should be automated is handled manually, it wastes your time and your business loses money. To make matters even worse, performing these tasks manually, in front of clients or prospects, projects the wrong image.
Pros and Cons of Using FREE Software in Your Business
It’s easy to understand why you might be drawn to the allure of free software. After all, it is free and free is always a good price to pay. But before you plunk down your hard-earned no money and possibly put your business at risk, consider the following.
Instant Messaging – A Powerful Communication Tool for Your Business
Many people do it so innocently that it’s hard to believe the dangers that are lurking. Spammers, pfishers, hackers, predators – they’re all poised to wreak havoc on you, your employees and your business contacts. Yet many people don’t even realize that these dangers exist because, after all, they’re just doing their jobs.
