Storage & backup
Testing a backup by restoring a real file
Opening a restored file tells you more than a green status message.
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Storage & backup
Space for your files, copies to keep and ways back to them.
Storage & backup
Syncing files is not the same as backing them up
A second visible copy may still follow the same deletion.
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Rotating two backup drives
Two drives help only when their roles remain clear.
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Using File History for local backups
Check the protected folders before trusting the history.
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Understanding a system image and its limits
A whole-system image needs a usable route back onto a drive.
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Why a recovery USB is not a file backup
A rescue stick and a document backup solve different problems.
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Preparing for an SSD migration
Prepare the data route before opening the computer.
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Cloning a drive or starting fresh?
Carry the old setup forward, or use the move to rebuild it.
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exFAT or NTFS for an external drive?
The devices that must write to a drive decide its format.
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When a drive is ready to unplug
A finished progress bar is not always the final write.
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Checking a new USB stick before trusting it
Give a new stick a trial run before it carries the only copy.
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Matching a card reader to the memory card
The card and reader need to speak the same speed language.
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