I suppose you are using 2. What is the difference of 3. WD My Book vs a 3. WD Green fixed into an enclosure to work like an external hard disk? The disks themselves are often identical. I actually mean what are the differences of 2 different types of external hard disks connecting via USB3.
External Disk 1: 3. WD My Book. A real external disk that is sold in stores. External Disk 2: Made up by a 3. WD Green that I manually fix inside a 3. Although the 3. Or unlikely to happen? Would a 2.
Thanks Leo! I have a USB hard drive that is solely for making daily image backups whole and incremental. I decided the backup was more important than a slight risk of infection, but was not sure I was making the right decision. I am glad to know that a virus will not corrupt an image that predates the virus.
David, I hope this reply reaches you, as you are leaving yourself and your data very vulnerable. You are correct in that a virus will not typically infect the backup files themselves. However, a somewhat recent type of malware called ransomware can actually encrypt your entire drive, including the one that contains your backups, effectively making them useless to you.
The file-napper leaves you with instructions on how to send him funds in my case it was 1 BTC, or a few hundred dollars at the time , however you are at their mercy as to whether they actually give you what you need to get your files back. They could just take the money and run, demand more, or even give you back your files and then re-ransom you later if you were ignorant enough not to nuke your entire system!
He told me he was poor too, and gave me the code. Like you, I thought that as long as I had good anti-virus and a good backup system in place, that I was golden. He just has good business sense.
Just to be clear, all ransomware does not encrypt backup drives. Some does. More and more perhaps, but not all. This external drive is kept in a secure fire and water resistant location except when I run a batch file to RoboCopy the current NAS image files to it.
The batch leaves a screen display of the directories of the NAS image folder and the HDD folder for comparison purposes as a visual check for copy errors. The first time I lost everything. Warning: Formatting external hard drive partition will delete all data on it.
Assign a drive letter to the external hard drive When the external has no drive letter, it will be invisible in File Explorer. Initialize external hard drive When the external hard drive is not initialized and appears as an unallocated space or without showing disk capacity, you can initialize it as follows: 1. Right click the hard drive that needs to be initialized 2.
Solution 3. Still Need Help? Have your problem been solved? If not, please input query in the search box below. I think it cost like Go figure. I suspect the heat would have damaged them. While that is better than nothing, it is often NOT enough. Traditional backup software creates a file in. If one is only. Each backup. Additionally, and more importantly, it creates multiple versions of the files being backed up one in each. Some data program may have started losing or corrupting data some time ago.
Those who backup to the same area or. And yes, I recommend my clients keep the backup and the original data usually in their computer far from each other, the backup ideally offsite. Saddly, few heed such advise and they will contribute heavily to my standard of living when things go South!! I found another consideration when saving to a flash drive. Windows 10 now protects some file locations from ransom ware by not allowing write operations to them.
USB ports can be in this category. I use flash memory mainly as temporary storage, for example, to transfer files from one computer or device to another.
I also use it in my phone but I keep my phone files constantly backed up. The bottom line is: if you use flash memory for anything but temporary storage, make sure is has a couple of backups or more. Another issue resolved by backing up. That would protect your flash drive.
Eh; in theory you are right. In reality I have used only flash drives aka USB drive ; as I do not like anything to be stored in my computer hard drive. No failure of the flash drives, never. I do not think this is because I am lucky I am not. It seems strange that a flash memory drive should wear out, since as many have noted, there are no moving parts. The reason why this happens is that flash memory consists of millions of tiny cells which consist of a conductive core surrounded by a thin insulator.
Flash memory works by blasting electrons through the insulator into the core. The electrons then stay trapped there because of the insulation. This is why flash memory is non-volatile — that is, the data stays put after the power is turned off. But every time the electrons are blasted through the insulation layer, it damages that insulation slightly, causing it to degrade over time. My old laptop had an SD card slot. The stick failed completely after about 8 hours.
I use four sources to save and back up. One on the computer hard drive. Two on an external drive, which also has online back up. And three auto back up to an online storage site which is well worth the hundred dollars or so should disaster strike and all is lost. And Third on the most least trusted; Flash or Thumb drives.
One of the best lessons I learned from a computer tech instructor in college was; back up , back up, back up. At least three sources. I have my photos stored on two Web Albums that I share with a couple of family members so they have access to them in the event that I lose access.
Might be overkill but in the past I lost many files and photos due to MS Windows crashes and files becoming corrupt and unrecoverable. Hi TB Can I use an existing external hard drive that is in use now. Do I need to format the existing hard drive first before using Genie Timeline I would like to use this one as it seems so simple.
I not only disconnect the USB connection but also unplug the electric the external hard drive after doing weekly backups using an alternative backup program. I also alternate three drives and rotate to an off-site location.
I do daily backup of files on a USB flash drive between the weekly backups. I have unplugged the USB and the electric to protect against the possibility of system wide power surges or lightning strikes. Are you saying that this backup protocol will shorten the life of my external drives, or are you talking about a daily reconnect and reboot? Not that I doubt your expertise but can you provide any cites for this drive shortening issue?
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