Data back ups

Marcus_Aurelius · 17 May 2020 at 17:25

Afternoon, chaps

Hope you're all well

I have a question, or should I say, I want to get opinions on the best method of backing up data.

I've moved over to Windows again after years on Mac.

I've got data on my hard drive that I need to back up and I have data on a USB stick that needs backing up periodically - i usually back it up to my hard drive (literally copying it over).

I am worried about losing all my data through system failure/corruption. I usually write my lectures and put them on my pen drive, then every now and again copy them on to my hard drive - there are literally years of lectures on there, that I don't want to lose.

What's the best method for [basically] backing up data?

I'm not a huge fan of google drive and back up and sync, I found it clumsy and if I am honest, I am not a huge fan of having my data on a cloud-based platform.

Colleagues are absolutely clueless on this issue, so I thought I'd ask people in the know.

I've seen Storage Spaces mentioned - and that appeals?

Cheers

Marcus_Aurelius · 17 May 2020 at 18:45

Cheers

I'll go for a decent external HDD and back up periodically, I thought that was the best route, but I was being overly cautious - I've got, as I've said, years of work stuff and personal stuff on my PC that I don't want to lose

I appreciate your advice!

All the best.

Marcus_Aurelius · 17 May 2020 at 18:55

nft_99 said:
i have 2 external drives and backup the first sunday of the month to both.

Can you schedule windows to do that?

sorry for being dumb - it's been a long time since i used windows regularly.

Marcus_Aurelius · 18 May 2020 at 14:40

beh said:
The File history feature in Windows is pretty seamless once set up.

Veeam Agent is also very impressive for free and easy to configure - https://www.veeam.com/windows-endpoint-server-backup-free.html

How much data do you have to backup?

100Gb including all my old travelling videos and photos etc.

But that increases week on week as my lectures (especially at this time) are full of embedded videos etc.

It's just me being a neat freak - i like to know that my data is secure and that any addition to my stuff isn't lost between the cracks.

Teachers and academics are abysmal at data organisation and security - something i am trying to learn about and improve on.

Marcus_Aurelius · 20 May 2020 at 10:10

Good morning

Thanks for the advice

I'm now using File History with an external HDD - it works a treat, so thank you

At the moment I am just copying the contents of my USB pendrive to my HDD and then backing up the HDD periodically using File Transfer to my external drive.

Is there a way of scheduling or creating a process to automate the copying of the contents of my Pendrive to my HDD periodically?

Due to my work my pendrive has to be bitlocker encrypted

Cheers