Comments on: How to back-up your devices the right way https://cyberguy.com/how-to/how-to-back-up-your-computer/ America's Tech Authority Sun, 03 Dec 2023 00:26:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Kurt Knutsson https://cyberguy.com/how-to/how-to-back-up-your-computer/#comment-7299 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:33:53 +0000 https://cyberguy.com/?p=18952#comment-7299 In reply to Gloria Washburn.

Thanks, Gloria. I like to keep as many months backed up as the hard drive has room for. You never know if your malware gets into your computer, if your computer fails and you need to reinstall your backup onto another computer, or if an operating system update wreaks havoc on your computer…. and you need to restore from a previous backup. It’s good to be able to have options not limited to just one backup. I also like to unplug the backup drive when not backing up to protect it from hackers

]]> By: Gloria Washburn https://cyberguy.com/how-to/how-to-back-up-your-computer/#comment-7298 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:15:36 +0000 https://cyberguy.com/?p=18952#comment-7298 Okay, good information in the article. Question, I use an external hard drive to back up my computer files manually, once a month. I do not delete the former month however, which means after a few years the external drive is full. Would you consider this excessive? Deleting the former month would keep the “current” information from my computer on the hard drive, but what problems could I occur by only keeping one month backed up?

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