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What Would You Lose Forever If Your Main Drive Died Tonight?

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  1. Lars R.
    @proxyhound

    ugh. question for teh backup nerds: how often do you test restoring? i realized Ive been backing up my client projects to a NAS for years and Ive never once tried to get a file back from it. Is that as risky as it suddenly feels? Also curious how you organize it. Do you back up everything, or only certain folders? i suspect Im either backing up too much or missing the important stuff. pls help 馃檹

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  2. Jade
    @cacheprobe-324

    oh ive been there lol keep at least one copy disconnected or versioned so ransomware can't encrypt it along with the main drive.

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  3. Malik Bauer
    @pixel_works69

    yeahhh write down how to restore, including any passwords for encrypted backups, and keep it somewhere you'll find it when things go wrong.

    lol

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  4. Malik Bauer
    @pixel_works69

    @quiettrace-1yy did u ever fix it?

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  5. Juno Rahman
    @quiettrace-1yy

    ok but which version are u on?

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  6. Ivan V.
    @ivan.vance68

    Test a restore every few months: pick a random file from an old backup and actually open it. Its the only way to know the backup works. hope that helps :)

    thinking

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  7. Ivan V.
    @ivan.vance68

    btw urnelated but anyone elses coffee machine also judgnig them today :)

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  8. Malik Bauer
    @pixel_works69
    in reply to @ivan.vance68

    sync is not backup. if you delete or corrupt a file in a synced folder, the deletion syncs too. use a backup tool with versioning. worked for me anyway 馃し

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  9. Ivan V.
    @ivan.vance68

    unrelated but anyone else's coffee machine also judging them today

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  10. Pia Schmidt
    @kernelmonk

    help!! reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regerts... this. so much this

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  11. Pia Schmidt
    @kernelmonk
    in reply to @kernelmonk

    i'd question teh 'cloud backup is required' advice for very large libraries. An exetrnal drive rotated off-site works fine if you're disciplined. just my 2 cents

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