Hi everyone,
Since 2010, I've always did backups of my phone camera roll/data, documents, downloads, etc... in multiple drives and without deleting anything, haha!
But I always did that manually, copying and pasting files in Windows Explorer from phone and computer directories to external USB/docking station SATA HDD...so I feel like a total newbie by reading posts here.
I currently own 2 "fairly new" 4TB drives (around 2 years old). One is a Toshiba EHD USB and the other one is a SATA Seagate Barracuda.
Since I want to feel even safer, I was looking to buy a SATA WD Red and copy everything even in that drive, and keep it away from my home, maybe locked at my office. I am always scared of thieves/house burning down lol. I know I'm mental but photos and videos of my whole life are priceless to me...
Since I feel like I still don't know anything I was looking for suggestions here.
Maybe a software like Acronis or using a better file manager like Total Commander? Maybe buying this third drive and copy-pasting using Windows is not safe for data integrity? I know that the cloud would be the best but 4TB is quite expensive and will take forever to upload.
I was also going to buy a WD Elements USB disk but I read in this sub that they use proprietary motherboard connectors and are hard to connect if something bad happens to the USB port.
BE AWARE that my files are not frequently updated, but most of the time I'm just duping my phone into drives and then deleting...so maybe a software is not necessary?
Should I also checksum my phone files after copying them?
Thanks in advance, looking to learn more here!