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January 14th, 2019 10:00
Windows 10 Backup, Recovery, Cloud, Google Drive, Oh My!
I am struggling to figure out the best way to backup my laptops, desktops, and data. There are so many different offerings, solutions, options, etc. Here are my requirements:
1) If a system drive crashes, I want to be able to restore an image that I backup every night. I don't want to rely on a cloud or network service because...I won't have a network on that machine. It appears that Windows has the ability to create a recovery drive which can help to recover a corrupted or damaged drive. I built it and put it onto a USB drive. But it could exist on a separate partition of my hard drive. Which is better? Or is there something better?
2) I used Crucial's Acronis to make a backup image on a separate hard drive (My primarys OS Drive is SSD). So, if my SSD fails, what is the best way to recover my image? Would I use the Windows Recovery USB Drive? Or, should I use the Acronis Recovery procedure? Or is there a better way to do a image backup?
3) I want to use Google Drive to backup my images, video, documents, etc so that I can access them when I am remote or from a laptop. So, how do I sync them from multiple machines using the same account? Also, I love google office apps, and use them all the time, but they don't seem to be tied to Google Drive Storage. Is there a way to merge them? I have a 2TB google drive available.
4) Finally, I would like to archive old files on a DVD Drive, and migrate them without a lot of work. For instance, all files older than 5 years in the video and image folders move to DVD.
I would love a universal console that tied this all together so I can manage data backups, online files, recovery options, and archives from one dashboard. Is there anything out there?
Thanks,
CodyC
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January 16th, 2019 12:00
For #1 and #2, I use Macrium Reflect.
For #3, you can try syncing with Main machine, and then use cloud-version when on other machines.
For #4, just go ahead and burn them (with good software and "verify after write" on). Stick to 4.7gb single-sided discs. For later (read back in OS) compatibility, I just burn all the files at once, and the disc is "closed".
Macrium Notes:
I suggest you use Macrium Reflect to backup to large external-USB-HDD or NAS.
Automatic Scheduled Daily Differential Backups, and Monthly Full Backups. All to an external 3tb USB-Drive (or any other large space, like NAS).
Always have the last 90 days (with Auto-Purge of oldest files).
- You can Browse the backups to restore a file or whole folder.
- You can Recover a whole system (even dead "bare metal") in minutes.
- You just Restore last month's Full-Backup, and a single Differential ... and you are done
- You can even grab and save a Monthly-Full for a Yearly Backup. Take it offsite, put it in the cloud, whatever you want.
The reason you don't want RAID-1 is because your data-files won't survive a virus, ransomware, or theft/fire.
For a home business, you must have backups. You should have 2-copies of anything important. Also, at least something (ie, copies of vital files) should be stored off-site. The only other thing I would even consider is a trusted/tested and verified-as-working cloud-backup service. I have no recommendations at this time (but I do use the cloud for 3rd-copy backups)..