Write and Test Server Restore Procedures
We can tell you from personal experience that the only feeling more sickening than losing your system is finding out that the backups you’ve been diligently making are unreadable. Whatever your backup scheme is, be sure it works!
This step is difficult to take, but we urge you to try to completely rebuild a system after an imaginary break-in or disk failure. Use a sacrificial computer, of course, not your main computer, and allow yourself a whole day for this exercise. Go through all the steps: reformat hard disks, reinstall Windows or use the image feature, reinstall backup software (if you use a third-party product), and restore the most recent backups. You will find this a very enlightening experience, ...
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