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  Jacki Hollywood Brown

  1 year ago

  (heaven forbid any of the following actually happen...)
  
  Should someone break into your house, they would probably steal the external hard drive along with your computer. - no more back up
  
  Should your house burn down, your external hard drive would also burn. - no more back up
  
  There are several options:
  You could to do a monthly/weekly back-up to an on-line server, a virtual hard drive. There are many versions available at various costs with various security levels.
  
  You could continue to do DVD back-ups and store them in a safety deposit box, your Mother's basement or other secure area.
  
  Personally, I like the on-line back-up. You can usually get a pretty decent monthly price (equivalent in price of 2 DVDs). You don't have the pile of DVDs lying around that you've got to take over to your Mother's house. You can download anything from your file vault quickly in case you screw up something that you were working on and you want to revert to a previous version.
  
  All that being said, should you decide on an on-line file storage system, do some thinking before hand to come up with a consistent naming policy for all your files.
  
  Good luck
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  Cristina Favreau

  1 year ago

  Jacki, this is something I've given a lot of thought to. DVD backups just weren't working for me (call me lazy, but the whole process was just so time consuming). This entire Office Organization Venture project is all about automation, so I decided to subscribe to an online backup service in addition to my external drive.
  
  Like you say, these negative circumstances are never something you hope for, but being prepared for such an event makes getting through them a little more bearable.
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  Deborah

  1 year ago

  Hi
  What backup system are you using that's online - are they REALLY safe and secure? I know there are a lot out there. Should you have a back up option like a backup drive as well.
  
  Should one password protect their documents before sending them to backup off line?
  
  thanks for your help!
  Deborah
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  Thushara

  1 year ago

  I don’t have to think about backing up my files each week (or beat myself up for not doing it), because it now gets done automatically each night.
  
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  Thusha
  
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