Don't be me with your computer files

[Mr. Wizard]

I just lost all of my computer data dating back 20 years. Long story short I had it BACKED UP on a 2tb portable hard drive which I dropped. It's trashed. 2 different sysops looked at it. I can send it to the company and pray but that bill starts at $1000.00 They took it apart and its running but the arm is scratching back and forth across the disk. No light comes on and it is not recognized by any computer I plug it into. 20 years of taxes, personal files, small business files and lesson plans and lessons from my 30 years of teaching welding - gone.

Truthfully I had it backed up on my computer c drive which had to be re-imaged.
My though was, it gets re-imaged, I copy everything back, now I still have two copies. BAM god punished me.

Don't be me, back that stuff up twice. I would do it on "the cloud" but know little about it. Mr. Wizard is wrong again!

PS is the cloud a good idea for an old dog like me?

[GloryDayz]

Don't worry, the NSA, Russia, and the Chinese have all your data.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

7 bucks for the first year for a 5 TB cloud backup.

https://www.idrive.com/

Renews at standard rate.

My Google Fiber pipe is flowing right now!

iDrive is pretty good. They have a couple of drawbacks that the average user might not consider.

1. Storage is a little more expensive, no unlimited option.
2. No de-dupe so be sure you're not duplicating files.
3. When you hit your data cap, it doesn't stop. It backs up everything and then you get a bill.
4. You have to setup 2-factor and your personal encryption, it doesn't default to it.