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Poll: How do you back up your data?
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Vinita Sharma Dubey
Vinita Sharma Dubey
Local time: 18:25
Member (2019)
English to Hindi
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Data back up challanges Jul 13, 2024

Keeping the data on some online drive is a good option. I keep the data there to some extent but a lot of data is just kept in the computer and I also rely on my old emails. Now emails are also going to be on charge-basis as the space is getting filled. Just looking for some way which is easy to use and I do not have to pay for that regularly.
 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 13:55
Member (2009)
English to German
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External hard drive Jul 14, 2024

Easy, safe (no hacker will ever have access to it), and always available in case of a computer crash.

Alex Lichanow
Zea_Mays
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Christel Zipfel
 
Alex Lichanow
Alex Lichanow
Germany
Local time: 13:55
English to German
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External hard drive Jul 14, 2024

I have a 5 TB USB hard drive for backups, which remains completely detached from my PC and network when not actively in use to back up files.
Never in my life would it occur to me to back up confidential customer data in a cloud and in fact, I have several contracts and NDAs forbidding me from doing so.

Zea_Mays
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Kevin Fulton
Heather Oland
Angie Garbarino
Anne Maclennan
 
Simon Turner
Simon Turner
Various Jul 14, 2024

I have separate back ups (differential and otherwise) on three external hard drives, with some important data on pen drives, on two cloud drives, and my most precious data on a CD at a friend's house. I've also started creating printed albums for my photos.
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 12:55
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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External hard drive + USB key Jul 14, 2024

I do a full back up at the end of each month on a portable hard drive. I save my work constantly throughout the day, and if I am dealing with a big project, I save it on my computer and on an USB key. Occasionally I also do it via e-mail, by sending the translation I’m working on to myself.

Zea_Mays
Christel Zipfel
 


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