I've been looking for a good way to backup my files. Normally I copy and paste to other drives. I've always been concerned with bit rot or some kind of file error. What would happen if your master copy goes bad and your using that to backup to other drives? I would think in theory you could ruin all your backups this way. This is one of the things that has always concerned me about dropbox. If your hard drive starts to go bad and somehow corrupts a file then it could be synced and unless you have the unlimited redo service it would be possible that your file is gone. Does crash plan work the same way?
I've started createing par2 sets for my important pics. Very tedious but at least I have a way to verify them. I can't believe more people don't do this especially if you backup to dvd. What kind of protections do file explorers have when your copy and pasting files anyway?
So does anyone have any advice on a solid backup plan? I am considering crashplan but I've heard a few things about them to put me off. I use flickr for my photos and upload home movies to youtube and keep them private. At least these places are free with no yearly fees. If I paid for something it might be crashplan though.
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