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A smiling person holding up different backup drives (2TB, 4TB, 8TB), looking thoughtful.

How Big a Backup Disk Do I Need?

I share my rule of thumb for choosing the size of an external backup drive.

Don’t Rely on System Restore

System Restore doesn’t restore your system and has proven itself too unreliable to count on.

Tip of the Day: Protect Your Backups from Ransomware

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How To Reduce System Restore Disk Space Usage

System Restore is allocated a certain amount of space on your hard disk. If that’s excessive, you can use less space, but at the cost of fewer restore points.