Laptop Insurance: How to Avoid Needing a Claim

Laptop Insurance: Looking after your laptop - Somenecessary - obvious but true - o you really need to
things are obvious - some are not ...take it with you? Laptop theft peaks on Friday,
You already know how much your laptop is worth.when office workers take their laptop home with
Unfortunately, there's a fair chance that the laptopthem.
thieves as well …Put it in a rucksack not the laptop bag. If you want
Here are some tips on looking after your laptop,to use the laptop bag eg because it has stronger
minimizing the likelihood of a loss, theft or damageedges to keep your laptop protected, put the laptop
and also shrinking the possible pain if it does happen.in the laptop bag, and then put the laptop bag in a
First, make sure it doesn't matter so much if you dorucksack. This stops it being visibly a laptop.
lose your laptop:When your do travel with your laptop, mentally
Everything that is important on your laptop should beprogram yourself to keep hold of your laptop. On
backed up. Buy an external hard-drive (usually abouttrains etc jeep it between your legs, so you can feel
£50/US$90). Keep it connected to your laptopwhen it is not there immediately. There are many
whenever possible. Then buy a software systemcases of items even being stolen from between legs
that will automatically copy your essential files to theat restaurants etc, so also put 1 foot through the
external hard-drive. "Second Copy" is a good option -strap.
Backup the backup - Copy the back-up files toMake sure you have got a good laptop insurance
another external hard-drive or computer. Your firstpolicy in place. Make sure you know exactly what is
may have broken or corrupted - and if you did notcovered.
notice that until your laptop goes or goes wrong ...Avoid traveling on a Friday with your laptop - this is
Make sure you have copies of the license keys for allkey theft-day, because many staff take their laptop
software on your laptop - create a text file of thehome to use over the weekend. This means that
these. This makes it much easier to reinstall whenFriday is key theft day.
you get a new laptop. For security you might wantComplete these simple steps and your laptop will be
to lock this license key file away behind afar safer - and should your laptop be lost, damaged
password-protected system. RoboForm is handy -or stolen, you will feel the pain far less.
Don't travel with your laptop unless absolutely