Thread: Backups & Storage

What do you back up? Where? How often? Do you utilize cloud services? Which ones? Have any opinions or recommendations? Do you keep your backups and hard drive in sync? What about your external drives and/or a second PC? How do they fit into your backup and storage scenarios?

How much data are you talking about?

Whatever. But the more data you have the more important it is to have thought of and answered these questions.

I should have added one more question: Do you have any mirror images, that is, exact copies of your HDD or SSD on an external device which you can reboot from in the event your hard drive crashes?

I focus on the non replaceable stuff - pictures, documents ... things like that.

I have a 1TB external drive that we keep all our pictures and stuff on and then have several gmail accounts that we use for pictures and stuff because they're easy to share with others without posting on facebook or emailing them.

Google gives you 15GB of cloud storage with an email address for free. I really, really like it.

Secondary are the operating system or apps. They can always be reinstalled them without a problem.

I agree. Your OS can be restored NP but it's also nice to be able to pick a date, within a month say, where you can restore everything that was on your hard drive at the time.

Originally Posted by wjblaney

What do you back up? Where? How often? Do you utilize cloud services? Which ones? Have any opinions or recommendations? Do you keep your backups and hard drive in sync? What about your external drives and/or a second PC? How do they fit into your backup and storage scenarios?

External HHD.

Used to give a shit about it before. Now not so much.

Just photos, maybe every 6 months or so, nothing else that is important enough really.

^^ including bookmarks, apps, extensions, etc.

Originally Posted by Luigi

External HHD.

Used to give a shit about it before. Now not so much.

Just photos, maybe every 6 months or so, nothing else that is important enough really.

Can you or do you use the external drive in real time? Or just as a backup precaution?

Originally Posted by Luigi

Just photos, maybe every 6 months or so, nothing else that is important enough really.

Nothing?

https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/17...this-time.html

Hmmm. Dont know most of those things. But my work files are backed up every 2 weeks, or at conclusion of any major projects. Three back ups. One to an independent hard drive in my desk top computer, one to an external hard drive, and then a copy onto my lap top.

Reverse onto lap until discharge

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Three back ups. One to an independent hard drive in my desk top computer, one to an external hard drive, and then a copy onto my lap top.

Just your work files? I know work files are immensely important and you're doing a good job of protecting them.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/17...this-time.html (Luigio's Foked Up This Time.)

Here's a little secret. Are you ever prevented from deleting a corrupted/unreadable file or, better yet, in addition to requiring administrator permission it also requires administrators' permissions, thus making it impossible to delete? There's a bunch of Microsoft blah, blah, blah here (deleting a corrupted/unreadable file - Microsoft Community) and is typical bullshit advice. All you need to do is boot your PC from your bios in safe mode. Most likely, it provides all the permission you need.

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Originally Posted by Luigi

Just photos, maybe every 6 months or so, nothing else that is important enough really.

Nothing?

https://teakdoor.com/computer-news/17...this-time.html

I'm talking about me.

Originally Posted by wjblaney

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Three back ups. One to an independent hard drive in my desk top computer, one to an external hard drive, and then a copy onto my lap top.

Just your work files? I know work files are immensely important and you're doing a good job of protecting them.

Yes. I keep a single folder on desk top, with all work files in multiple sub-folders.. Copying is easy. A single click. I am not that techno savvy.

Unlike many, i do not have an extensive goat porn portfolio.

Dropbox is expensive...

Originally Posted by CSFFan

Dropbox is expensive...

$10 a month for a terabyte is not too bad and most personal users would be pushed to use all that. It's the same price as Google but I think Google is more flexible on storage plans, it's also got its devious tentacles in almost everything so that can be handy too.

^ DrBob, it appears you're utilizing multiple cloud services (Google Drive and Dropbox?). So am I and I've found a most valuable chrome extension called cloudHQ. For example, it will sync your files between two cloud services. So you can keep just one backup on your computer and two in the cloud. I put all my files in my Dropbox folder and sync it online with OneDrive but I don't sync any of the files using the OneDrive app and I have no files in my OneDrive folder.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Yes. I keep a single folder on desk top, with all work files in multiple sub-folders.. Copying is easy. A single click. I am not that techno savvy.

Unlike many, i do not have an extensive goat porn portfolio.

I've found pictures are the most important and valuable files I have although I store well over 300 GB of music files in multiple locations (I have libraries for both Itunes and JRiver Media Center).

Originally Posted by wjblaney

^ DrBob, it appears you're utilizing multiple cloud services (Google Drive and Dropbox?). So am I and I've found a most valuable chrome extension called cloudHQ. For example, it will sync your files between two cloud services. So you can keep just one backup on your computer and two in the cloud. I put all my files in my Dropbox folder and sync it online with OneDrive but I don't sync any of the files using the OneDrive app and I have no files in my OneDrive folder.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Yes. I keep a single folder on desk top, with all work files in multiple sub-folders.. Copying is easy. A single click. I am not that techno savvy.

Unlike many, i do not have an extensive goat porn portfolio.

I've found pictures are the most important and valuable files I have although I store well over 300 GB of music files in multiple locations (I have libraries for both Itunes and JRiver Media Center).

I don't use Dropbox any more. I found Google more convenient. I use Google Apps a lot on my home systems so Google drive was the logical choice for me.

Originally Posted by wjblaney

I've found pictures are the most important and valuable files I have although I store well over 300 GB of music files in multiple locations (I have libraries for both Itunes and JRiver Media Center).

then why the fuck are you asking about backup options....

Originally Posted by CSFFan

then why the fuck are you asking about backup options....

I think it's a really important topic to share.

Originally Posted by wjblaney

I think it's a really important topic to share.

It is at that....I apologize...

Drobos do it for me.

^ I just read a 2007 review of Drobos (Drobo Review & Rating | PCMag.com

Downloaders, video experts, pro and enthusiast photographers, take note. The Drobo is the drive enclosure you're looking for. It may be a bit expensive at the start, but its simplicity and future-proof expansion make it worth it.

Also, unlimited storage but no drives and no software included. Are the slots only for physical hard drives or for external drives also? Seems a bit pricey at $500 but, likesay, the review was in 2007.