Back up your computer/laptop

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 10-25-2011, 11:16 PM

Seriously, back up all the files you don't want to lose. You never know when the unthinkable will happen...

*takes own advice*

I've been doing my back up this morning because I have added so many things to my laptop in the past couple of weeks and I had a blue screen recently. :/ I'd have to whop things randomly with my wand if I lost all my recent additions...

Anyways... what do you use to back up your computer?

I use an external harddrive to back up everything as well as a bunch of jumpdrives to back up specific files, like photographs and my book that I am working on.

Robotazy · 10-26-2011, 12:08 AM

1 TB External.

It works.

Dizzy · 10-26-2011, 12:28 AM

Uhh. I have all my stuff on a Flash drive. Which doesn't count, but whatevs.

Redshirt · 10-26-2011, 01:15 AM

That^ and everything else can be redownloaded.

Kargath · 10-26-2011, 04:26 AM

It's best to use both an automated local backup (SyncToy and an external drive) as well as an automatic cloud backup service (such as Dropbox or SpiderOak).

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-26-2011, 07:12 AM

I'll probably get an extra drive and just clone my current one every so often. File backups can be pretty messy, otherwise.

***Ace Mercury*** · 10-26-2011, 07:20 AM

I use Dropbox to backup certain files. The rest is, um, rarely backed up.

**NintendoNut** · 10-26-2011, 12:39 PM

I don't have much in the way of important files other than uni assignments, which I backup on my external hard drive (500 GB) anyway.

But yes, if you do anything that resembles a large project, back up regularly, or this might happen to you; Best Wishes To Project Zomboid | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

**Loot** · 10-26-2011, 02:31 PM

Honestly, nothing I have digitally is anything I'd miss beyond a few days. Aside from school papers that I put on my flash drive, anything else, oh well.

I... guess I don't trust computers much?

Rainbow Dash · 10-26-2011, 02:39 PM

i back up all my video **** but i dont back up my steam games because thats a lot of space

10-25-2011, 11:16 PM	#1
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Back up your computer/laptop Seriously, back up all the files you don't want to lose. You never know when the unthinkable will happen... takes own advice I've been doing my back up this morning because I have added so many things to my laptop in the past couple of weeks and I had a blue screen recently. :/ I'd have to whop things randomly with my wand if I lost all my recent additions... Anyways... what do you use to back up your computer? I use an external harddrive to back up everything as well as a bunch of jumpdrives to back up specific files, like photographs and my book that I am working on.

10-26-2011, 12:08 AM	#2
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	1 TB External. It works.

10-26-2011, 12:28 AM	#3
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Uhh. I have all my stuff on a Flash drive. Which doesn't count, but whatevs.

10-26-2011, 01:15 AM	#4
Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,698 Thanks: 703 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	That^ and everything else can be redownloaded.

10-26-2011, 04:26 AM	#5
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	It's best to use both an automated local backup (SyncToy and an external drive) as well as an automatic cloud backup service (such as Dropbox or SpiderOak).

10-26-2011, 07:12 AM	#6
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I'll probably get an extra drive and just clone my current one every so often. File backups can be pretty messy, otherwise.

10-26-2011, 07:20 AM	#7
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 23,274 Thanks: 568 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,582 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I use Dropbox to backup certain files. The rest is, um, rarely backed up.

10-26-2011, 12:39 PM	#8
NintendoNut PC Games and Tech Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hold on, I know this..... Gender: Posts: 8,655 Thanks: 108 Thanked 85 Times in 56 Posts	I don't have much in the way of important files other than uni assignments, which I backup on my external hard drive (500 GB) anyway. But yes, if you do anything that resembles a large project, back up regularly, or this might happen to you; Best Wishes To Project Zomboid \| Rock, Paper, Shotgun

10-26-2011, 02:31 PM	#9
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	Honestly, nothing I have digitally is anything I'd miss beyond a few days. Aside from school papers that I put on my flash drive, anything else, oh well. I... guess I don't trust computers much?

10-26-2011, 02:39 PM	#10
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,396 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	i back up all my video **** but i dont back up my steam games because thats a lot of space