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If dropping an external HDD is that big of a problem for you (I've personally never dropped one myself but I don't generally carry them around either, that's what flash drives are for. :)), get a protected one. Several companies make external enclosures covered in silicone or other materials to make them drop and shock-proof. |
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PLEASE post a link! My job teaching over 100 kids in a huge welding shop with CNC capabilities is hard as hell on technology. |
I finally got my old VHS tapes digitalized. Very happy seeing the kids 1st Christmas, 2nd birthday party etc.
There are several companies that will get data even off a physically broken hard drive. I back up the most crucial files on a 500GB thumb drive. Then full backup to an external hd. Backup all photos from phone and computer to Amazon for free. |
I backup via Time Machine and I have my data in a RAID. As I understand it, a RAID means that there are 2 drives that appear as one and when the computer saves to the RAID, it saves to both drives at the same time. I have them encrypted and use a VPN.
Sounds good, but .... a friend of mine had his office burn down and he said he had no off-site backup. I think about that every 6 months and resolve to do something about that but then forget about it for another 6 months or so. |
That sucks man but I've got one even worse. I lost 20 years worth of porn because my external drive failed and I didn't back it up. 2TB worth. You ever seen a grown man cry?
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Don't be me with your computer files.
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I sent a mechanical hard drive off for data restoration many years ago and got it all back. A few drips of coffee shorted the hard drive. Non-heroic means we’re ineffective in recovering the data.
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You can probably find most of the pron you lost on the web. You'll be ok.
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Use Carbon Cloner software...it can make a bootable back-up complete with your OS. If your main HD fails...you can simply plug it in and are good to go. Replace the failed drive and reverse the cloning process.
Dont like Time-machine as you cant get back up and running immediately. I have 18TB of G-tech drives...which all have a cloned back-up. There is nothing worse than kicking yourself for not addressing this...after it happens. |
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My advice is to always maintain a physical backup as well as a cloud backup. External drives fail as well. Cloud backup is redundantly secure. There's lots of free services like boxdrop.com, box.com, OneDrive, etc. That usually gives you ~5GB of free cloud storage. If you pay a small ~$5 monthly fee, you can usually upgrade your cloud storage to ~50GB. Cloud services are safe and secure. |
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Flash media tends to have an advantage, because there aren't any moving parts. So you're usually more protected against drops and bumps. But they still can fail just the same. Too much heat, overvoltage, undervoltage, and sometimes just for the **** of it. Double backups in different locations! |
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3 copies, 2 locations, working from 1. 1 set of files are your working files, at your primary location. Then another backup copy at that location. Then, a third copy at a different location (can be cloud). Backblaze as mentioned is the most user friendly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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