The definitive guide to backing up your PC

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Are you backing up your Windows PC correctly? Are you even backing up at all? In this video, I show you several different methods for backing up your computer, how to save your personal files, including free alternatives that actually work, as well as very inexpensive options that are "set it and forget it" to always keep your personal data 100% safe and secure!

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In addition to backing up your files, always be sure to have bootable recovery discs handy in case you haven't!

2 USB boot drives EVERY PC user should make before it's too late!

AskYourComputerGuy
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There are two kinds of people. The first kind doesn''t backup because they simply can't be arsed. The other kind does because they've lost so valuable data that it's still eating them.

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I work in the technology field with consumers, you have a great way of teaching people, basic things they really need to know on a day-to-day basis for their computers and data! I really enjoy listening to your videos, keep them coming!

jimfournier
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It's like you read my mind! Fantastic video! It is a complete pain to backup things in my monster 6 TB HDD, since despite being USB 3.1, the mechanical nature imposes the limitation of around 100 megs/sec. It still does the job, like before I factory-resetted my PC once I backed up over 700 gigs worth of folders manually, without any software, and you posted a nice host of solutions! Since I got super-fast NVME's installed in there that are a pain to get to due to the need to pry this laptop open, the free backup software there'll more than do it for me! As always, thank you for your fantastic uploads, and the help yesterday!!

themegaman
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Best video I have seen on Backing up! Thank you so much for the great info and the links!!

capt.martin
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I installed the last free version of Macrium Reflect (v8.0.727). I did a full backup of my windows 11 system and tested the restore and it worked perfectly.

timbo
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I use Syncthing as backup and synchronizing data over several devices. One Syncthing Server is used as distribution node (so this is the server where all other devices connect to)
Synthing also supports versioning. And it can be set as untrusted server, that will enable enryption of the files. So you could have a VM at your friends house or where ever you can run a VM and sent a backup somewhere in the world.

SvenHeitland
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I've been using Carbonite for about 10 years now. Customer support is great. I actually got to speak to a human being, lol. My hard drive crashed and they were a great help. I pay for it by the year, which is about $95 for 1 computer. It costs more if you pay monthly. Thank you for the video.

lorayk
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Hi Scott, just want to say I've watched your videos for a while now.
I really enjoy how you do the walkthrough and you take your time in explaining how to use the program/s

No names mentioned but I have seen a couple of tech YouTubers who don't explain anything.
Having said that there is one Tech YouTuber I follow who explains like you do too. But there are a lot that don't

Just wanted to thank you.
Take care.

JasonWestaway
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Thanks, man. The external drive is the way to go for me

animhaxx
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Brilliant thank you I've liked and subscribed 👏👏👏

phillipbeharall
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I use 2 different ways to protect my data. First I have a custom-made program written for me that will backup my data to a personal cloud drive connected to my main PC. To be honest this backup is just my user name data on the OS drive. I am an Engineer and operate my own Engineering Consulting business. I have to maintain all aspects of the systems I design that are built around the world. This means troubleshooting flowcharts etc. There are almost 15 years of data in these files. Even systems I built back in 2016 I still get calls. About 5 years ago there were about 25, 000 people out of power in Europe because a system went down I designed. I was called and with a few keystrokes, I was looking at the system. We were up and running in about 30 minutes. This data is on another drive in my system. I can't take the chance of having it on the same drive where I keep my OS. I make a backup of this drive every 3 weeks and store it in my safe. My next comment can't be made simple, I'm sorry. I use a NVMe drive for my OS. I also have the monitoring software for that drive. I check that drives health several times a month. I also run a Belarc report and it will return the health of both of the drives hooked up to my PC. If I see a problem developing I am proactive and I am starting the process of replacing that failing drive. A PC is a device that should give you years of service. However just as in a motor vehicle from time to time you must service it. This is the reason I made the comment I made about those USB drives in a previous video as fixing a problem you should not be having. Another thing I do about every 3 months is pull my tower and remove the lids and spray all the dust off the power supply, the processor, and case fans. Heat is the mortal enemy of a PC. Dust can cause airflow problems that can cause the processer to run hot and actually slow down. Treat your PC well, be proactive and back up back up back up!

THE-michaelmyers
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Love the videos and thanks for the help. Might I make a suggestion, you add/change the link you recently posted of "2 USB boot drives EVERY PC user should make before it's too late!" and at least add the video/link on "the last flash drive you will ever need" as it's more recent and more updated.

timcoil
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I've used SyncToy from Microsoft for the last 15 years. I've set it up for friends and family and it does a great job of simply copying any new files to the backup device.

fredericktillman
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I use FreeFileSync for file backups to new-changed-deleted files only so the backups only take a few min on a weekly basis. They also have a real-time version.

dave
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Great content, im going to use a system image to clone my drive to another ssd next week. Usually use partition wizard but iv started just using windows build in programs now for most tasks for learning purposes 😁

chrisc
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I don’t know about better..but I use Norton 360 and I’m pretty happy with the backup built into it… can BU to the cloud or a drive.

JoshuaTrenge
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Great info, and presented in a very easy to understand format for noobs (not me 🙂)

BrilliantDesignOnline
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Hello friend I'm new to your channel I love everything you post. Thank you so much .

thelitepredator
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If you enable the Item check boxes setting in Folder Options or under the View tab in Windows Explorer, you can just choose which files and folders you'd like to select by checking on the little box on the left. Handy, if you're not a pro user or get confused between functionality of holding CTRL vs SHIFT while selecting files.

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