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Backing up data

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  • 17-09-2016 12:42pm
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    Barr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,010 ✭✭✭


    Hi All



    I am looking to back up my laptop , just all the photos , videos etc


    Looking at my options it seems an external hard drive seems to be the way to go.

    I am just looking for recommendations on a reliable model I should look out for.

    Thanks
    Barr


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    Barr
    Registered Users Posts: 7,010 ✭✭✭Barr


    Anyone ?


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    davo2001
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    Take your pick, look at reviews on Amazon, there is no such thing as a 100% reliable HDD so its really up to yourself to find a capacity / price point that suits you.


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    me_irl
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    3, 2, 1 rule. Have two copies "onsite" (hard disk drive / external drive) and one "offsite" (cloud storage - Microsoft OneDrive - Google Drive - Dropbox - etc).

    http://lifehacker.com/5961216/why-you-should-have-more-than-one-backup


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    ItHurtsWhenIP
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    me_irl wrote: »
    3, 2, 1 rule. Have two copies "onsite" (hard disk drive / external drive) and one "offsite" (cloud storage - Microsoft OneDrive - Google Drive - Dropbox - etc).

    http://lifehacker.com/5961216/why-you-should-have-more-than-one-backup

    +1 ... but keep at least one of the 3 disconnected from the Desktop/Laptop when not being backed up to (i.e. the external drives) ... nasty Ransomware usually goes and scrambles every file it can see.

    OK - with the cloud providers you should be able to restore a previous version, but I've heard anecdotally that zepto (for instance) can screw with that and make recovery from the cloud difficult.


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