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Old 04-03-2015, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by julianh72 View Post
One thing that always worries me when people talk about backing up onto an external hard drive which sits at home (usually on the desk next to the computer):

What happens if the back-up drive is lost in the same event that takes out the main computer? (E.g. both are destroyed in a fire, or stolen in a break-in.
That's why my backup is in a building (shed) separate to my house across 10m of open ground. Not perfect, but suitable to the risk level.
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