Elegantbackup
Guides tagged “backup”. · 10 posts
Elegant Vault 2.0: the drive move that hands you a receipt
The new drive arrived, you dragged everything across, and the two size numbers don't match. 2.0 copies, reads the destination back off the device and hands you a receipt.
Move files to another drive — and know everything arrived
Dragging from one drive to another is easy; proving it all arrived is what nobody does. Why verification has to read off the device, and why releasing the source needs three proofs.
Back up before formatting your PC — and prove it worked
Formatting erases the source: this is the one backup that cannot fail. Copy everything to an external drive, see what stayed out, verify byte by byte.
Bit rot is real: check the files on your external drive
The drive in the drawer won't tell you when a file rots — you find out opening a photo from 2015. How to check everything against a fingerprint, today.
File History alternative you can actually verify
File History keeps versions — while it's running. The classic complaint is finding out months later that it stopped. The other route: a verified mirror.
Move files to a new PC (and leave Windows 10)
Switching PCs or finally off Windows 10? Move your files with method: inventory what weighs, clean before you copy, transfer with two panes, bring your rules.