Going on a Trip: Protect Your Laptop
Over on PC World, they have a great article up on protecting your laptop when bringing it on a trip, and their biggest point, which I try to remind people all the time is to back up your machine. At least get your data off your machine and onto some media or something so that it is safe if you lose your laptop, the hard drive gets broken, or whatever other unfortunate thing.
They also mention putting it in a rugged case, and making sure you have insurance to cover the laptop as good measures. But honestly, if you do nothing else, please back up your machine.
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