If this can happen to a really smart guy like me. . . well...

[Larry Caldwell]

Thanks for the reminder. I have an external hard drive for backup, but don't have a backup for the backup. Fortunately, I have some 2 TB flash drives that I bought last year on a $4/cheap special. I only have 1.2 TB of personal data, so I just started the copy process. The flash drive goes into my bugout bag.

 

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I have two good-sized external ssd's that I back up particular things to. Whenever I update my pictures (like copy from phone or camera to computer), I run a script that updates the backups.

If I travel, one of them travels with me... Something may happen to the house while I'm gone.

When we evacuate the house (twice now), I don't need the computer - just the external ssd. Grab n' go.