Do you use an external hard drive to backup your important files?

[OrangeCrush 86]

I pay $5 a month for a web server. I also back up some non-important files on an external. I'd like to set up a NAS box but don't have the money right now. Only thing that is really worth keeping in off site storage are pictures for home insurance reasons and that can go on and SD card next to the paperwork.

[punch]

I use Crashplan (they are local) www.crashplan.com to backup all my family pictures and a few documents. They are awesome, highly suggest them. I honestly don't have that many "important files" beyond my family pics and videos. I don't give two shits about music/games/movies. If I lost all of them I wouldn't cry about it. I got most of my music on google music as a "just in case".

All my work is on my work computer and is backed up at work. All I really need is google docs and crash plan. I try not to hoard data.

[punch]

I have 500 gigs of shit. No way I'm going to pay for some cloud service to store all that.

500 gigs for cloud storage these days is NOTHING. Look into Amazon S3, Crashplan, or Carbonite.

Crashplan will even let you send them your data over the mail if you don't feel like waiting several days for your data to upload.

[Drunko McMoppo]

If I ever want to see videos or pictures of old memories I just ask Akro. He has all that shit. My computer doesn't have shit on it.

[Miekk]

Carbonite

[68GTO]

I has carbonite

[mnstang]

It occurred to me about a month ago that if something were to happen to my place and I lost my computer to any sort of disaster, all of the pictures and important files would be gone. I have a few external hard drives but they are in my place. Fire? Theft? No good.

So I spent a few hours thinking of what to do. Get all of my important files onto one of the drives and put that drive someplace where in the event something does happen, I am not totally fucked. I don't know about you guys, but I have pictures that date all the way back to my birth, which means they are more important than my life itself.

So I thought about what to do. I have a bunch of ammo cans that are sitting empty. So I thought about taking a 50 cal can and buying some foam, cutting it to fit then putting it in there. I looked at the prices of foam and this shit is pretty expensive. And I thought...is this really the time to be a cheap ass? Fuck no.

Then I got an idea. And I went to Amazon. And with Amazon Prime I got this bitch for under 18.00 shipped.

There are 3 layers of pretty decent foam. And since it's made for 4 guns, holding this old hard drive was no big deal. It has that break away foam so you can pull it apart to really hold your shit in place.

And here's where to buy if you'd like to use it for your hard drive or shit, your guns as it's a pretty decent piece for the money.

http://www.amazon.com/Plano-Protector-Four-Pistol-Case/dp/B000P3WPKK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359081157&sr=8-1&keywords=Plano+Protector+Four+Pistol+Case

Here are the pics. Enjoy!






And now it's all ready to be stored off location, and when I transport it, I don't need to worry about dropping/breaking it or any shit like that.

The end.

No backup.

[Fernanernie]

No backup.

[iamtheshaner]

2TB external keeping my work files and 800 gigs of music backed up.

[Fernanernie]

2TB external keeping my work files and 800 gigs of music backed up.

No work files saved for me.


HIPAA privacy.



Music is replaceable, so if it gets lost, NBD

[iamtheshaner]

No work files saved for me.


HIPAA privacy.



Music is replaceable, so if it gets lost, NBD

I really only needed it for my Ford files. The music although replaceable would cost me thousands if I didn't have my buddy TK the DJ up there. He's my backup backup

[D3thM3tal]

I've got every sinple picture and video I give two shits about on my Photobucket account - great bandwidth, easability and its safe.

I backup nothing at home, I have nothing I care about on any of the multiple servers and pc's I've got running. All of the crap I've downloaded can be replaced, if I forget about it, I probably didn't need it anyway...

[svonasek]

NO backup needed. There will always be more pr0n on the internet if I lose mine.

[KickAssFlash]

No work files saved for me.


HIPAA privacy.



Music is replaceable, so if it gets lost, NBD

Don't forget the CFAA.

[Fernanernie]

Don't forget the CFAA.

The only government computer system I have access to, my account is tied to my full fucking name, DOB, and SSN. Also, traffic is only limited to certain IP blocks. Also this connection is a 2 step authentication system. IF I were dumb enough to do some unauthorized fucking around with it, I'd have black vans with government plates rolling up. Not only would I lose my job, I'd be blacklisted from any decent job in the future. Not to mention, my future would involve free accommodations in a Federal PMITA prison. I'll pass, thank you