World Backup Day today -- how are you saving your stuff?

[ctilsie242]

Today is World Backup Day. How are people ensuring their files are safe from the usual stuff, be it a bad drive, ransomware, or other gotchas?

I'm personally using CrashPlan, because it offers unlimited data storage. I used to use Mozy, but with about 200GB of stuff, they cost an arm and a leg.

What do other people use for backups? I like having a remote solution, as well as an external HDD with a program like Veeam, so I can restore quickly, and if ransomware or something nukes both the machine and the external drive, I can fetch stuff via remote.

[RoyF]

Time Machine software on Apple computer makes backup to hard drive automatically several time every day.

[2oldman]

I have music files ( my own) on a thumb drive and a couple other computers. But I have nowhere near hundreds of gigs. I make a backup every time I do work on my music files.

[Chuck_thehammer]

2 thumb drives...

one for data
other for photo's.

did not know there was a special day for it.

once a month.

[4aSong]

X3..... Use two external hard drives.

[gbopp]

I also use external hard drives.

There was a post on the forum recently. The member lost all his photos that were stored on Photobucket.

[DutchmenSport]

First, I NEVER use a service "in the cloud" (which is just someone else's computer system), even the new Windows 10 I-cloud availability. Anything maintained on anyone else's computer is 100% disposable.

I maintain 2 external hard drives where I keep my "stuff". I have files on my laptop, but I routinely copy them over to both hard drives. I then use the hard drive and copy them to my wife's computer.

On-line 'stuff'... no! As little as possible. I just don't want dependency on someone else. Although they 'say' they are safe ... they are STILL prone to hacking and malicious activity. I'll keep my stuff on an external hard drive and file it away just like we use to do when everything was "paper." ..... in my file cabinet!