PSA: Always back up your data
October 26, 2008
See that? That’s the stack of dead hard drives I found when cleaning out my office closet. They’re all from within the last 7 years.
You hear this all the time, but it still seems to never sink in: back up your data. Most people are, in some fashion, very dependent on the data in their computers, yet less than 10% regularly back it up. Not backing up your data is like not wearing a seat belt — sure, you probably won’t get in an accident, but do you really want to take that chance when prevention is so easy?
My stack of dead drives looks extreme to most people, but I have always had a lot of data, so I’ve owned a lot of hard drives. As such, this has given me more than enough opportunities to be exposed to the pain of data loss. Fortunately, I only actually lost important files one time. How can you protect yourself?
Most people don’t back up regularly because it’s too inconvenient or time consuming. I’m going to offer some recommendations that aim to cut down those barriers so that backing up can be easy for everyone. We’ll start with the cheapest and work our way up.
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