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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.

Thumbs Down on System Restore

Don’t Rely on System Restore

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

A Corgi looking distressed at a Window computer screen which is displaying a message "Restore Failed!"

How Do I Test Backups?

Your backup software says everything’s there, but is it? Too many discover the truth only after disaster strikes. I’ll walk you through practical, low-risk ways to test your backups so you can trust that your files will really be there when you need ’em.

Avoid Ransomware!

Tip of the Day: Protect Your Backups from Ransomware

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How To Reduce System Restore Disk Space Usage

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.

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