How do you backup your PC?

[target2019]

To supplement backup devices, purchased 1TB WD USB 3.0 drive from Staples ($59.99). I added a minor item to the purchase to get it over 59.99. Then added a $30 coupon code from a mailer that I received in the US Mail.

I have an external USB 2.0 adapter that I use with internal drives. However, it appears that the USB 3.0 external drives with 1TB are less than a single 3.5 internal drive now.

[pumpkineater]

I use open source software called "Duplicatti" to backup all my documents (all kept in 1 special directory). It pre-encrypts using AES and a long key that only I have, then uploads all the encrypted files to cloud services: Dropbox, box.com, Google drive, and Microsoft one drive.

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[target2019]

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Originally Posted by pumpkineater I use open source software called "Duplicatti" to backup all my documents (all kept in 1 special directory). It pre-encrypts using AES and a long key that only I have, then uploads all the encrypted files to cloud services: Dropbox, box.com, Google drive, and Microsoft one drive.

Think I'll give it a try. I have a lot of unused google drive space.

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Duplicati is a backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services and remote file servers. It works with Amazon S3, Windows Live SkyDrive, Google Drive (Google Docs), Rackspace Cloud Files or WebDAV, SSH, FTP (and many more). Duplicati is open source and free.

Duplicati

[Tortoise]

I do a system image backup to a thumb drive when computers are first set up. The thumb drives go into their own folder in a file cabinet. I then use an rsync script to back up user directories and files to an in-house backup server every day. (Rsync for Windows is obtained through minimal install of Cygwin.) The backup server runs rsnapshot/rsync to make incremental backups every night. I also backup pictures and important documents to box.com.