I learned my lesson too, when my first hard drive died and I haven't even heard about a backup...
I'm using several laptops and a desktop pc, it is important to have my data synced between those systems to avoid several versions of the same project coexisting. This has a nice advantage of every important data being present on at least two systems, typically 3.
Additionally I'm using a backup drive just like you, but I don't really trust it either. I had several perfectly fine external drives, but also usb sticks refusing working from one moment to the next.
tl;dr I know about backup strategies but in general too lazy. Just use several computer systems and you *naturally* want to sync your data aka backup it :)
Good luck restoring any data you might still have, e.g. from burned CDs / DVDs, uploads, posts etc
arc
I'm using several laptops and a desktop pc, it is important to have my data synced between those systems to avoid several versions of the same project coexisting. This has a nice advantage of every important data being present on at least two systems, typically 3.
Additionally I'm using a backup drive just like you, but I don't really trust it either. I had several perfectly fine external drives, but also usb sticks refusing working from one moment to the next.
tl;dr I know about backup strategies but in general too lazy. Just use several computer systems and you *naturally* want to sync your data aka backup it :)
Good luck restoring any data you might still have, e.g. from burned CDs / DVDs, uploads, posts etc
arc
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