I am in the process of installing the bureau software on every PC and laptop I have, and keeping backups on each machine plus at least one flash drive.

I have backups, but on the same pc. The though of having to explain why their payroll records have been lost is ..... not nice!!

When we had our PC stolen years back at the time we were renting an office we had a similar problem, but at that time the only PAYE we had to reconstruct at that time was for the client who we rented the office from, so they were sort of understanding. What was also annoying was that the felon(s) cut through the VDU connection cable rather than unscrew it, so we had to bin the displays.

The advantage of PCs over typewriters is that it is so much easier to correct typos - remeber the old days of tippex papers and trying to reallign the spacing. Even worse if the typo was a missing letter!!!

Also PCs give a chance to review and revise letters and reports. In one job I had two part-time admin assistants who did all the typing, and often I would draft a report, get it typed, and then change my mind about what I wanted to say. I usually said to the guys - feel free to improve it! They got very good at proof reading my hand written copy to avoid too much retyping.