Storage & backup
Making two copies of photos from a card
Keep the card until two checked copies exist.
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Storage & backup
Space for your files, copies to keep and ways back to them.
Storage & backup
Archiving files you seldom open
An archive needs context and another copy, even when nobody opens it often.
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Encrypting a backup without losing the key
Protect a lost drive without locking yourself out of the backup.
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Keeping a BitLocker recovery key accessible
Find the key while Windows still opens normally.
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What drive-health readings can and cannot tell you
A health indicator is evidence, not a calendar of remaining life.
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Putting data first when a drive behaves badly
Repeated disconnects change the priority from diagnosis to protecting the remaining files.
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When a home NAS makes sense
Shared storage is useful when several devices need the same files, but it also becomes a device to maintain.
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Why RAID is not a separate backup
A mirrored disk can keep a system available while faithfully repeating an unwanted change.
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Getting your files back out of a cloud account
An account export is complete only when the downloaded files work without the original service.
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Removing data before selling a computer
Prepare the copies you need, then choose a removal method appropriate to the device and the sensitivity of its contents.
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Sharing large files while keeping the originals
Decide whether the recipient needs an editable original, a viewing copy or continuing access before choosing a transfer method.
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Choosing a backup schedule you will keep
Choose the interval by the work you could afford to lose, then make the destination available when the job runs.
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