:-):-) I just lost all of my computer data dating back 20 years. Long story short I had it
BACKED UP on a 2tb portable hard drive which I dropped. It's trashed. 2 different sysops looked at it. I can send it to the company and pray but that bill starts at $1000.00 They took it apart and its running but the arm is scratching back and forth across the disk. No light comes on and it is not recognized by any computer I plug it into. 20 years of taxes, personal files, small business files and lesson plans and lessons from my 30 years of teaching welding - gone.
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Truthfully I had it backed up on my computer c drive which had to be re-imaged.
My though was, it gets re-imaged, I copy everything back, now I still have two copies.
:-)BAM god punished me.
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Don't be me, back that stuff up twice. I would do it on "the cloud" but know little about it. Mr. Wizard is wrong again!
PS is the cloud a good idea for an old dog like me?
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Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
7 bucks for the first year for a 5 TB cloud backup.
https://www.idrive.com/
Renews at standard rate.
My Google Fiber pipe is flowing right now!
iDrive is pretty good. They have a couple of drawbacks that the average user might not consider.
1. Storage is a little more expensive, no unlimited option.
2. No de-dupe so be sure you're not duplicating files.
3. When you hit your data cap, it doesn't stop. It backs up everything and then you get a bill.
4. You have to setup 2-factor and your personal encryption, it doesn't default to it.
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