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Thread ID: 111837 2010-08-13 22:48:00 Offsite backups Nomad (952) PC World Chat
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1127433 2010-08-13 22:48:00 Went to a photo seminar and we were warned about backups in home even if it was unplugged .

Where do you store your offsite backups?

I may not want to leave my stuff at someone's place .
Are there any free online solutions and are they reputable (incl non free ones)? I thought about storing just my most impt stuff . Like if it was a couple of years can I go back and access them?

Does anyone use a bank custody vault that they subscribe to? Like storing a portable hdd .




Cheers . . . .
Nomad (952)
1127434 2010-08-13 23:18:00 I take an external hard drive to work and leave it in my desk drawer. Quite a few people do the same thing. somebody (208)
1127435 2010-08-13 23:20:00 Hmm .. not sure if I do that, if it gets into the wrong hands. Nomad (952)
1127436 2010-08-13 23:35:00 Windows Live SkyDrive? xyz823 (13649)
1127437 2010-08-13 23:40:00 Where do you store your offsite backups?



I have stuff on 3 HDDs . The internal one, an external that lives in the house and an external that does not live here . Small hassle fetching it to do new backups, but if there was a fire or burglary I'd say both drives in the house will be history .
pctek (84)
1127438 2010-08-14 00:14:00 In the garden shed/garage, so long as it's not attached to the house (in case of a fire). nofam (9009)
1127439 2010-08-14 00:33:00 Another good one is a USB flash drive in the car glove box. Cellux (15145)
1127440 2010-08-14 00:34:00 My backup is in a brick and concrete shed away from the house. Snorkbox (15764)
1127441 2010-08-14 00:39:00 I have stuff on 3 HDDs. The internal one, an external that lives in the house and an external that does not live here. Small hassle fetching it to do new backups, but if there was a fire or burglary I'd say both drives in the house will be history.

X2

(well actually about eight internal ones spread around the house, two external ones and one off-site).
Twelvevolts (5457)
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