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://www.techsmartboss.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
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Thanks!
Thanks for listening and checking out the show notes, any feedback, comments, or questions, send me an email at david@techsmartboss.com