To: August Abolins
  Re: backup for windows pc?
  By: August Abolins to All on Sat Sep 16 2023 07:41 pm

 > From Newsgroup: micronet.comp
 >
 > Whatcha all Windows users using for backup up your main PCs?
 >
 > I'd like to backup most of my files, but I have less than 15GB
 > space free on a 250GB HDD. Can't add an extra HDD/SDD or
 > replace the existing HDD at the moment (PC is a bit hard to
 > access).
 >
 > The goal is to send the files to an offsite server, automated.

if you're talking 'to the cloud' , google drive is cheap

 > The goal is to send the files to an offsite server, automated.
 > But I am not interested in paying for a VPS for that.  I'd like

vpses aren't really a good solution for backing up remotely.  they are slow,
usually have less diskspace and other problems.

 > But I am not interested in paying for a VPS for that.  I'd like
 > to encrypt the files myself and upload a bundle.
 >
 > I experimented with 7Zip and gpg, but found out that 7zip
 > doesn't support pipes.

just use rar to encrypt it.  rar the files encrypted and then rar that one file
again and encrypt.
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