Petee Posted January 1 Posted January 1 I'm still asking questions before I make any decisions. When speaking to my granddaughter this evening she said she was working from home, so I asked her what she was doing about the change. She said she has a 1 Terabyte External Hard Drive and it updates her entire computer on a regular basis so if the program goes down and it can't be fixed, all of her info should be on the External Hard Drive and could just be input into a new computer even if it's Windows 11. Accurate? Every external hard drive I've had seems to self-destruct in a year or so.
Basset3 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 10 hours ago, Petee said: I'm still asking questions before I make any decisions. When speaking to my granddaughter this evening she said she was working from home, so I asked her what she was doing about the change. She said she has a 1 Terabyte External Hard Drive and it updates her entire computer on a regular basis so if the program goes down and it can't be fixed, all of her info should be on the External Hard Drive and could just be input into a new computer even if it's Windows 11. Accurate? Every external hard drive I've had seems to self-destruct in a year or so. The newer hard drives are solid state vs. the old mechanical (record-player style) hard drives. I've used the External Hard Drive for years and never a problem. You should be good with the setup you mention above.
Constitutionalist Posted January 1 Posted January 1 20 hours ago, Petee said: I'm still asking questions before I make any decisions. When speaking to my granddaughter this evening she said she was working from home, so I asked her what she was doing about the change. She said she has a 1 Terabyte External Hard Drive and it updates her entire computer on a regular basis so if the program goes down and it can't be fixed, all of her info should be on the External Hard Drive and could just be input into a new computer even if it's Windows 11. Accurate? Every external hard drive I've had seems to self-destruct in a year or so. I have 3 externals I use to do my editing for YouTube.. loading all my files to it and what not.. well I should say I had 3.. all of them have quit working and I can’t access them anymore
Petee Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 20 hours ago, Constitutionalist said: I have 3 externals I use to do my editing for YouTube.. loading all my files to it and what not.. well I should say I had 3.. all of them have quit working and I can’t access them anymore Were they solid state or the old record player style that was mentioned? 20 hours ago, Constitutionalist said: I have 3 externals I use to do my editing for YouTube.. loading all my files to it and what not.. well I should say I had 3.. all of them have quit working and I can’t access them anymore
Petee Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 I found what seems to be a pretty good link on hard drives and solid state drives. If I'm reading it right, the SSD is less likely to fail while the HHD has a lot of moving parts that can fail. SSD costs more which isn't a concern if your goal is dependability, and they offer less storage space which shouldn't be a concern unless you are running a tech business or gaming and need much more storage. I'm going to check prices on compatible devices and will let you know what is more usable and reasonable for home use. https://driveshero.com/are-seagate-external-hard-drives-ssd/
Petee Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 This is the only Seagate Back Up that I could find on Amazon that is SSD. It has some kind of an additional back up plan but I still have to check it out.
Petee Posted January 2 Author Posted January 2 It seems to come with a much better photo storage program and Drop Box for 1 person for 6 months, then the fees would be $25 and $17 per year. I have no idea what the Rescue Services are or whether they are connected to Sea Gate or Drop Box.
Constitutionalist Posted January 2 Posted January 2 Solid state. I have 2 seagates. Doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to recover my data. I now use Dropbox for all my files. Transfer to my computer what I need, then delete it from the computer when I’m done with my finished video, that seems to keep my computer cleaned out and all my files are backed up.
Petee Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 So I'm all over my computer all day long. Do I drop it all at once daily or document by document?
Constitutionalist Posted January 3 Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Petee said: So I'm all over my computer all day long. Do I drop it all at once daily or document by document? You can do multiple documents at once, you can do file by file. However you want to do it. I record from my phone and from a GoPro and a camera. I’ll upload the documents from my phone to Dropbox then I can clear them off my phone, the. I can empty SD cards from my cameras and load it on to Dropbox. It is really convenient actually.. only thing to consider is how much storage you need. I pay $12 a month for 2 TB of storage for Dropbox
Petee Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 The only thing I need to save is what's on my computer. Can I schedule it to save automatically once a day or do I have to trigger it myself.
Petee Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Drop Box https://www.cloudwards.net/how-to-use-dropbox/
Constitutionalist Posted January 3 Posted January 3 With Dropbox pretty sure you have to do it. I do t think you can schedule uploads to it. Could be wrong
Petee Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 I wish that some place like Jeff Tech still had computer classes that you could afford. Heck, I used to go to homes to teach basic computer skills such as e-mail, games and Word. That's about all regular users needed or wanted. I went to lots of classes in Reynoldsville and Brookville and that, with Bookkeeping and Power Point, is what I've used all these years. Without it, I would also be playing games..........yuck! With what I was taught then, it was enough basics to figure out most of the new stuff. I would happily pay an individual good money to come to my house to teach me the newest stuff like this. One class would probably take me a long way. I do not learn well from books. Randy Scott and I raided a dumpster many years ago for parts to build computers. Where he was working, they replaced rather than repaired, so the manager gave us permission to do it when the store was closed. (Is it OK to confess by now?) Neither of us had more than a penny for disposable income, and he ended up making an occupation out of it. I taught him the basics of using a computer, and he built one for me which I couldn't have afforded for years after that. He was a hoot, and I miss him. Stupid people who created Covid.
Petee Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Wow, this link is very clear, concise and easy to understand. They take you way beyond Hard Drives for storage. How To Choose The Best Cloud Storage Service - Which?
Petee Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 I finally found someone local with extensive experience with Windows 11 and computer set up and repair. It's almost like talking to Randy again! So far, I have this criteria for a new computer: HP Tower Core 17 1 T Memory Will order from Amazon. This is where I wanted to start and go from! Also, SSD is good but you cannot recover info from it if it crashes. You can sometimes from HHD. When you get a back up hard drive, you plug it in, back up what you want to, and then unplug it.
Petee Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 Randy was amazing as a human and now, as a spirit I'm sure.
Illiterate Posted January 13 Posted January 13 If you need to backup critical data, the only real choice is a NAS. A NAS is basically its oown computer that can handle all backup needs. A purchased NAS can be expensive, but one can be built using old hardware and free software. A NAS is attached to your network, not directly to your pc. My current set up is a 12 bay case powered by a low power AMD processor. 10TB of storage across 8 drives. The drives are a mix of HDs and SSDs, ranging from 250gb to 4tb. One drive is dedicated to storing video from my home security cams, 1 is for the operating system, 1 is my regular use drive, which is daily backed up daily to another drive, wich is then backed up weekly to another drive monthly. I can also backup to DropBox. Everything is fully automated an monitors drive health. The system operating system is Open Media Vault (OMV). I have under $500 invested. However, it can installed an older pc or laptop. Takes some skill to manage, but online help/guides and the user community are very helpful. My system has basically been running non-stop for nearly 6 yrs without problems.
Petee Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 And this message was written in what foreign language? I am not even vaguely a computer pro so I can't decipher even half of this info, but bravo that someone else knows how to do it. I admire it! I think Randy had something like this going at his shop but then I couldn't tell what the heck he was saying half the time either! He'd just look at me and grin, then say don't worry, I'll get it taken care of. I think I do have a start up plan for now. HP Tower with front USB Ports with Windows 11 1 TB SSDI inside 1 TB Backup HHD USB Connectors (with a timed plan to update and unplug)
Petee Posted January 13 Author Posted January 13 Once I get the basic computer figured out, then I'll have to see which pieces of office equipment will still connect. Fun!
Petee Posted January 14 Author Posted January 14 OK, some of this is falling into place. I ordered an External HH so far. Now I am going to decide on a Laptop since mine can't be upgraded to Windows 11 and has already failed beyond repair. For anyone who can decipher this data about Windows 11, does anyone have a clue as to which one is best? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_11_version_history
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