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Recently suffered a catastrophic invasion requiring Windows reset. Managed to restore from backup, but now Wondering if using both OneDrive and an external drive for backup makes sense?? Using Win 10 ver 1803
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An external drive would be big enough for you to save "system images" on and you are unlikely to want to tie up your internet connection for long enough to use OneDrive for that.
Do you know about system imaging? If not, see my ditty - File backup vs imaging, imaging utilities, backing up drivers [post #3] - TenForums
I'd imagine that OneDrive would be perfectly alright for backing up your own files. But so is an external drive. If, like me, you want two copies of your file backups you could either use two external drives or one external drive plus OneDrive.
So, yes, using both OneDrive and an external drive for backup can make sense.
All the best,
Denis
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Hi folks
This will depend a lot on your Internet speed and the amount of Backup storage space you need. Uploading in a lot of places can be much slower than downloading. Storage plans on both OneDrive and Google Drive seem very reasonably priced if you don't go totally bonkers with requirements. I believe if you have Office/365 you get quite a chunk thrown in for one drive as part of the office/365 deal but for people without office/365 subscriptions I believe you can get around 1 TB storage for about 35 EUR a year if paid up front or 100GB for 2 EUR a month for Home users. Seems a good deal to me. Note max file size is 100GB on one drive plans whatever the storage limit you buy.
Remember though if it's an OS you need restoring you'll have to have some type of bootable OS that you can connect to the internet and retrieve your data.
UK prices : (Note UK prices include VAT)
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/micr...=tab:primaryr1
Cheers
jimbo
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OneDrive is good if you wish to only backup those folders which it offers but poor if you wish to choose your own specific folders & individual files.
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Huh - use symlinks and it is great.
Sync Any Folder to OneDrive in Windows 10 | Tutorials (tenforums.com)
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