07-05-2021, 06:31 AM
One important extra precaution: Backups. While they won't save you every time if you're unfortunate enough to be attacked by ransomware they will usually help. As well as protecting you against hardware failure, theft etc.
I do an incremental backup every day on to a USB stick and clone my user disk (D
every week on to a rotating set of 4 HDDs. These are kept offsite (my garage at the bottom of the garden).
I've been fortunate so far. I've only ever had to use backups to recover files that I've deleted or otherwise mucked up.
When my PC wouldn't boot a few years ago I found that my cloned C: drive wouldn't boot. I've no idea why, it was done with Macrium Reflect and was meant to be bootable. I suppose it's my fault for not testing the cloned drive when I first made it. So I had to rebuild the C: drive with a clean install of all programs. Not difficult, just annoying. No data lost.
I do an incremental backup every day on to a USB stick and clone my user disk (D
every week on to a rotating set of 4 HDDs. These are kept offsite (my garage at the bottom of the garden).I've been fortunate so far. I've only ever had to use backups to recover files that I've deleted or otherwise mucked up.
When my PC wouldn't boot a few years ago I found that my cloned C: drive wouldn't boot. I've no idea why, it was done with Macrium Reflect and was meant to be bootable. I suppose it's my fault for not testing the cloned drive when I first made it. So I had to rebuild the C: drive with a clean install of all programs. Not difficult, just annoying. No data lost.
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