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Here's the problem I have with cloud based services. With more than a few you will never get your files back. You might get access to them, if you continue paying, but a full download is usually not in the cards.
In other cases the company goes out of business.
My advice is to save yourself some money. Invest in a network drive, and a decent sized SSD. Invest in a program like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. I clone my SSD drive on my PC to another SSD once a month. I have a 5TB network drive accessible from any PC on my network, and another external SSD for every day files. The future is in solid state.
It takes less than an hour to create a Windows 10 installation USB using their Media Creation Tool. You can also download the most current ISO using the same tool. If you have a large capacity USB drive then use something like easy2boot. I have a 256GB drive with XP SP1, 2 and 3, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 8.1 w/ Bing, and 10. I have the ISO's for the 32 and 64 bit versions of most of those. It's bootable.
With a program like Ghost you can compress the image files quite a bit - leaving room on an external HDD for several backups.
A SATA to USB cable is about $2 on Amazon. The M2 reader I bought cost me about $15 with shipping.
In other cases the company goes out of business.
My advice is to save yourself some money. Invest in a network drive, and a decent sized SSD. Invest in a program like Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. I clone my SSD drive on my PC to another SSD once a month. I have a 5TB network drive accessible from any PC on my network, and another external SSD for every day files. The future is in solid state.
It takes less than an hour to create a Windows 10 installation USB using their Media Creation Tool. You can also download the most current ISO using the same tool. If you have a large capacity USB drive then use something like easy2boot. I have a 256GB drive with XP SP1, 2 and 3, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 8.1 w/ Bing, and 10. I have the ISO's for the 32 and 64 bit versions of most of those. It's bootable.
With a program like Ghost you can compress the image files quite a bit - leaving room on an external HDD for several backups.
A SATA to USB cable is about $2 on Amazon. The M2 reader I bought cost me about $15 with shipping.
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SGT (Join to see) Excellent method to backup your files. Thanks for sharing this information!
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Most folks don’t even know what S.M.A.R.T is or even have it turned in. Buy a NAS for your house and set up RAID with at least 3 drives and you have less worries and files are local. They come with their own OS and plenty of HP.
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Barry Davidson
Most people have no idea what RAID is so they overpay for 3 or more WD HDDs, and then taken them to a shop when one of them fails within a year. S.M.A.R.T. will only really warn you when the HDD is getting ready to fail.
Granted, they'll do a Google search, and then come to you trying to talk like they're experts. I had one guy the other day with a failing HDD tell me that cloning the drive is easy, and it should take no time. I asked him what software he uses, and he doesn't have any. That's why he brought it to me. (Well, I don't have it either because it's yet another thing my corporate masters don't provide, and I'm not using my limited funds to purchase it. I have several examples of software at home.)
Granted, they'll do a Google search, and then come to you trying to talk like they're experts. I had one guy the other day with a failing HDD tell me that cloning the drive is easy, and it should take no time. I asked him what software he uses, and he doesn't have any. That's why he brought it to me. (Well, I don't have it either because it's yet another thing my corporate masters don't provide, and I'm not using my limited funds to purchase it. I have several examples of software at home.)
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SGT (Join to see)
I too run into many different types of customers. I charge what I am worth and it tends to narrow the field to those that want professional work. Many NAS systems will configure RAID with the wizard making it simple. However, you are correct, most don’t know what that is either.
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SPC (Join to see)
I once charged my client double the going price because a friend overheard the client say: "man he`s really cheap, he must not be any good" It was still less than Geek squad hahaha
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SGT (Join to see)
Good deal, if I have a “problem” customer I will intentionally out price the job to avoid the associated hassles I know will come with the work. Did that just yesterday, told him price and he wanted lower, I raised it. :-)
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