comment by kleinbl00

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kleinbl00 · 3275 days ago · link · · parent · post: It's the end of the year, back up your data.

... And then figure out a plan. Ferchrissake there's virtually unlimited cloud storage everywhere there's no longer any excuse for not having multiple copies of everything important in at least two places.

Said the guy with a $3k backup server.

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user-inactivated · 3275 days ago · link ·

Not to forget, memory is cheaper than ever now. There's no reason not to have an external HD or at the very least a flash drive or two sitting on your computer desk.

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kleinbl00 · 3275 days ago · link ·

I've never been a big fan of this approach because if you need any sort of version control the mental overhead expands geometrically. But yes- if you just need to dump and forget, newegg has 1TB WD blues for like $44 today.

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4TRANdan · 3274 days ago · link ·

Just set up a local git repository on there :)

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user-inactivated · 3275 days ago · link ·

I only have five living files that I continually update. I never save over an old one. I just save it with the same filename but a new date, like so . . . "Filename 20XX/XX/XX." That way, if for any reason I ever need an older version, they're there with the new ones.