Re: Re: backup for windows pc?
  By: Jas Hud to Nick Andre on Mon Sep 18 2023 04:40 pm

 > i used to think like that.  but then you get a bad raw image and you are fuc
 > 
 > i prefer to archive my files and password protect them and  have them backed
 > here i am copying shit and doing better than most other people in the hobby.

If you have a couple of machines you can get by copying stuff manually.

If you have 5 active machines, then chances are you won't bother to backup
anything if you have to do it manually.

Back when I had a manageable ammount of data stored, I just rebooted the
computer I wanted to backup into a recovery environment and rsynced all of it
to external hard drives. My experience is that disaster tends to strike just
when you need to use your data ASAP, so having full systam backups has saved my
ass a couple of times, because a full system backup allows you to fall on your
feet, hit the floor running and get you on the go without you needing to
manually set your stuff again.

Once you have to manage more than 6 Tb of data across, say, 4 or 5 machines
(which is not realistically that much) you need something automated, or you
just won't take your backups.

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