Episode 132: How I Lost Everything On My Laptop And Fully Recovered (The Tech Smart Boss Way)

I just went through the nightmare scenario we all dread, my laptop got completely wiped. Everything gone, brand new OS installed, all data gone.

But being a Tech Smart Boss, I was able to get my entire workspace back up and running, without losing anything, in less than a day (and now my laptop is working better than ever).

In this episode, I go through the various tools and processes that I used to restore and rebuild my laptop from scratch when I surprisingly lost all my data while getting a repair.

Topics Discussed (Time Stamped)

02:02 A story about what happened in my real life and how I recovered from it
02:18 Lost everything in my laptop
02:36 Why I switched to Mac
04:48 On scheduling my very first appointment for laptop repair
09:16 How everything works out perfectly
09:36 What I did which made my recovery go super smooth
10:04 Why I just moved everything to Shift
11:29 What Shift allowed me to do
14:38 On bringing my browsers
15:15 Why I don’t use bookmark in the browsers
17:12 Restoring my files
22:43 Missing some of my initial apps

Quotes

08:55 “I know that as a tech smart boss, I got things covered. I got things in place.”

Resources Mentioned

• Show Notes Episode 132 – https://techsmartboss.getmailsync.com/blog/podcast-episode132/
• Shift – https://tryshift.com
• CompanyHub – https://companyhub.com/
• Slack – https://slack.com/
• HubSpot – https://www.hubspot.com/products/sales
• Kayako – https://www.kayako.com/
• HelpNinja – https://helpninja.com
• Platformly – https://www.platform.ly
• Gist – https://getgist.com
• Opera – https://www.opera.com/
• Google Chrome – https://www.google.com/chrome/
• Linked – https://www.linkedin.com/
• Twitter – https://twitter.com/
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/
• YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/
• Docsify – https://docsify.net/
• Sales Torch – https://www.sales-torch.com/
• Grammarly – https://www.grammarly.com/
• Socialbee – https://socialbee.io
• Safari – https://www.apple.com/safari/
• Firefox – https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
• History Search – https://historysearch.com/
• Toby – https://www.gettoby.com/
• BackBlaze – https://www.backblaze.com
• Dashlane – https://www.dashlane.com/
• Remembear – https://www.remembear.com
• pCloud – https://www.pcloud.com/
• Dropbox – https://www.dropbox.com/
• Box – https://www.box.com/home
• Google Drive – https://www.google.com/drive/
• MS Office – https://www.office.com
• VMware – http://www.vmware.com/
• Camtasia – https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html
• TrackMySubs – https://www.trackmysubs.com
• Google Sheets – https://www.google.com/sheets/about/
• Lastpass – https://www.lastpass.com/
• Droplr – https://droplr.com
• CloudApp – https://www.getcloudapp.com/
• Amphetamine – https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12
• Backblaze Downloader – https://www.backblaze.com/help-backblaze-downloader-win.html
• Tech Smart Boss on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/techsmartboss/
• Tech Smart Boss on LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-smart-boss/
• Tech Smart Boss on Twitter – https://twitter.com/techsmartboss
• Leave a Rating and Review on iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-smart-boss-podcast-leveraging-technology-to-grow/id1191110680?mt=2
• Tech Smart Boss Website – https://techsmartboss.getmailsync.com
• Tech Smart Boss Newsletter – http://newsletter.techsmartboss.com/
• Tech Smart Boss on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/techsmartboss

Thanks!

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