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My heat broke a few weeks ago; luckily it wasn’t too cold in New Jersey and the heating company fixed it quickly. After worrying about keeping everyone in the house warm, I did worry about what would happen to the various electronics. Fortuitously, Drive Savers has released a list of tips on how to keep your electronics from getting frostbite.

DriveSavers advises:

–Don’t keep gifts of electronic devices hidden in car trunks. especially:

laptops or desktop computers, digital cameras, MP3 music players, game

systems or hard drive-based video recorders.

–If your hard drive-based gifts experience extreme temperatures (below 30

degrees), allow them time to warm to room temperature before operating them.

–If you receive a new personal computer, be sure to backup all the files on

your old computer before starting to transfer them to the new one.

–As an added precaution, always use surge protectors or battery backup

systems to protect your new electronic devices. This will prevent damage

from power spikes or surges, common during the winter.

Remember, no piece of electronic equipment is foolproof, and you don’t want to discover too late that your smartphone/computer/camera etc has decided your taste in music sucks and helpfully nuked it all for you. Backup, backup, backup, and check out DriveSavers website for more data protection tips!