How do you back up your files?

Ben · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 9:33 am

Do you copy them to an external hard drive?
Do you email them to yourself?
Do you upload them to some random hosting website?

I personally like to put a 7zipped, password protected copy of my important files in GMail Drive, Live Mesh, and my external hard drive.

Adbot · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 9:33 am

Ranging God · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 9:35 am

IF I even bother backing up files, it is to a CD or to my Flash Drive

Evelyn · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 5:06 pm

I've got an external hard drive to stick stuff on.

Shane · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 5:26 pm

- Time machine handles my main machine to an external drive.
- The other computer is backed up by SyncToy daily.

The only problem with this plan is the backups won't work if there's a disaster at my house...

Marking22 · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 7:00 pm

i dont back up my files
cause i live life on the edge

dafin0 · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 11:55 pm

You should always back up your files,

even if you don't think you should, because all it takes is 1 worm, trojan, or keylogger and

your computer security may be breached. Always back up you computer all the time.

make three copies. One to a cd, the other two onto a external hard drive or either a flash

disk.

Adbot · **Posted:** July 10th, 2008, 11:55 pm

blethorskite · **Posted:** July 11th, 2008, 3:23 am

General files go on one of several 4gb memory sticks. Stuff like photos, etc. go on a DVD or to an external drive. Usually both, but not on any particular schedule.

Ranging God · **Posted:** July 11th, 2008, 8:05 am

Shane wrote:

- Time machine handles my main machine to an external drive.
- The other computer is backed up by SyncToy daily.

The only problem with this plan is the backups won't work if there's a disaster at my house...

you should back - up to an online sever, I don't think they are too terribly much?

Pfkninenines · Global Moderator 12/4/08

I've got two external hard drives that I backup to, but I've been considering Amazon's S3 service. Don't think I will bother for a while, but it's always an option.

Alex_SE · **Posted:** July 11th, 2008, 10:22 am

I would never send my files over the internet to a backup server.
I backup my files every month on a hard disk i don't use.

bhh2000 · **Posted:** July 11th, 2008, 5:39 pm

Pfkninenines wrote:

I've got two external hard drives that I backup to, but I've been considering Amazon's S3 service. Don't think I will bother for a while, but it's always an option.

that is exactly what I do!! and I have bin looking at S3 if I do it I'll post how it went

well I built my external drive from a used 250Gb I got for 50USD and a new 19.99USD case half is time machine and the other half is some of my windows file and shared drop box like with both computers

jrdgames · **Posted:** July 11th, 2008, 7:47 pm

Currently I only backup to other computers on the network and pictures go on cd's but I am considering buying a 500gb external harddrive.