This is kind of weird, but in all my 20+ years of using computers, I've never really explored the world of backing up data. I just haven't had data that was precious to me. There have been a couple times where I wished I was more prepared for hard drive failures and the like
Anyway, I just got a one terrabyte drive with an enclosure and I want to start backing things up proper. Basically all I want to backup is what is in my My Documents folder and I want it to be in a readable form on the backup drive. So, if I plug it in to another PC I want to be able to see the directory structure. Some compressed archive format is not suitable.
Is there a way to do this and have it automated or semi automated when I plug in my external drive? The ideal would be to plug the drive and have folders of my selection automatically synced to the external drive. If I had to load up a client that would remember my preferences and have me click "Go" to execute the sync, that would be great as well.
If you have any ideas on the best way to handle this kind of thing, so I'm not backing up folders manually, I'd appreciate it.
Anyway, I just got a one terrabyte drive with an enclosure and I want to start backing things up proper. Basically all I want to backup is what is in my My Documents folder and I want it to be in a readable form on the backup drive. So, if I plug it in to another PC I want to be able to see the directory structure. Some compressed archive format is not suitable.
Is there a way to do this and have it automated or semi automated when I plug in my external drive? The ideal would be to plug the drive and have folders of my selection automatically synced to the external drive. If I had to load up a client that would remember my preferences and have me click "Go" to execute the sync, that would be great as well.
If you have any ideas on the best way to handle this kind of thing, so I'm not backing up folders manually, I'd appreciate it.