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TV-MA 14 Sep @ 6:52pm
How do you backup your PC???
This question should be simple but I can't get a clear answer. I'm getting a new SSD (Samsung) and I heard the specific model can have issues if you don't update the firmware. I have no problem with doing that but I also wanna back them up in case something goes wrong. How do I do that? Do I need to just buy another hard drive or SSD equivalent to the space of my whole computer? That's a lot of money.
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Jaunitta 🌸 14 Sep @ 6:54pm 
Buy a USB 3 HDD and use copy paste. Best and easy. Western digital is very reliable
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TV-MA 14 Sep @ 7:23pm 
Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:
Buy a USB 3 HDD and use copy paste. Best and easy. Western digital is very reliable

Would something like this work? https://a.co/d/ekTxgJK

How long would it take to copy everything from my PC to this? I'm gunna have 1TB+4TB once my new SSD.
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d3str0y3r 14 Sep @ 7:36pm 
Originally posted by TV-MA:
Originally posted by Jaunitta 🌸:
Buy a USB 3 HDD and use copy paste. Best and easy. Western digital is very reliable

Would something like this work? https://a.co/d/ekTxgJK

How long would it take to copy everything from my PC to this? I'm gunna have 1TB+4TB once my new SSD.

Hard to give and exact time. Depends on how much data you have to copy over. It would also depend on the speed of the HDD.

If your drives are full could easily be an over night thing.
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Haruspex 14 Sep @ 7:51pm 
2 8TB HDDs in my PC, plus a 24TB NAS on my network. Working folders on SSD are synchronized to the NAS locally with Syncthing, and full system backups are scheduled regularly. Select important files are duplicated encrypted on a paid cloud storage service.
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TV-MA 14 Sep @ 7:56pm 
Originally posted by Haruspex:
2 8TB HDDs in my PC, plus a 24TB NAS on my network. Working folders on SSD are synchronized to the NAS locally with Syncthing, and full system backups are scheduled regularly. Select important files are duplicated encrypted on a paid cloud storage service.

For the average person, what would you consider important files to backup?
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76561198407601200 14 Sep @ 9:22pm 
Originally posted by TV-MA:
Originally posted by Haruspex:
2 8TB HDDs in my PC, plus a 24TB NAS on my network. Working folders on SSD are synchronized to the NAS locally with Syncthing, and full system backups are scheduled regularly. Select important files are duplicated encrypted on a paid cloud storage service.

For the average person, what would you consider important files to backup?
Again, hard to say, what would YOU consider important ?
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Dan5000 14 Sep @ 9:27pm 
Originally posted by TV-MA:
Originally posted by Haruspex:
2 8TB HDDs in my PC, plus a 24TB NAS on my network. Working folders on SSD are synchronized to the NAS locally with Syncthing, and full system backups are scheduled regularly. Select important files are duplicated encrypted on a paid cloud storage service.

For the average person, what would you consider important files to backup?
Your resume or other personal data/textfiles you might need in the future.

I personally save my profile pictures, desktop background etc. basically customization.

Other than that, I don't think you need any backups. Everytime I get a new PC, I basically start from scratch. I never missed my old files, if I need something, I can usually find it on the internet.
Last edited by Dan5000; 14 Sep @ 9:27pm
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Haruspex 15 Sep @ 6:21am 
Originally posted by TV-MA:
For the average person, what would you consider important files to backup?
Encrypted password database for one. Financial information, current projects I'm working on... Basically, if I were to get a new PC, I could just pull those files down and be up and running with no issues and no real downtime.
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