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We have a family PC running up to date Win 10. I've always had trouble with backing up Windows machines (I have a MacBook Pro myself and Time Machine works a treat, I have backups in two different locations we visit regularly). My current Win 10 backup solution is to use CrashPlan for Small Business, backing up to their cloud site and also to a local hard drive. I decided having the cloud backup as well would be useful in case we ever get infected with ransomware, which would presumably encrypt the attached hard drive as well.
I've recently got a bit worried as AFAIK CrashPlan only backs up user files. So if I get a fatal crash on the PC disk, I think I'd be in trouble. I thought this was OK, as I could presumably re-install from MS etc, but over time there gets to be more and more stuff on there, and it could be a fair bit of trouble!
The backup disk is 1 TB, of which some 800 GB are still available (looks like CrashPlan doesn't keep deleted files or old versions), so presumably I could do a full backup onto there ...
Any recommendations?
PS not hugely happy with CrashPlan; it has two parts on the PC that frequently get disconnected, which you only find out about 3 days later when they send an alert email! I was interested in BackBlaze, which appears to be very fast and half the price, but then reviews suggested that actually getting your files back was a PITA, and that they have poor customer service. Review sites list a few others, but the recommendations differ greatly and some are really not cheap. Do maybe CP isn't so bad, at $10 per month!
I've recently got a bit worried as AFAIK CrashPlan only backs up user files. So if I get a fatal crash on the PC disk, I think I'd be in trouble. I thought this was OK, as I could presumably re-install from MS etc, but over time there gets to be more and more stuff on there, and it could be a fair bit of trouble!
The backup disk is 1 TB, of which some 800 GB are still available (looks like CrashPlan doesn't keep deleted files or old versions), so presumably I could do a full backup onto there ...
Any recommendations?
PS not hugely happy with CrashPlan; it has two parts on the PC that frequently get disconnected, which you only find out about 3 days later when they send an alert email! I was interested in BackBlaze, which appears to be very fast and half the price, but then reviews suggested that actually getting your files back was a PITA, and that they have poor customer service. Review sites list a few others, but the recommendations differ greatly and some are really not cheap. Do maybe CP isn't so bad, at $10 per month!