> > I am considering getting an external hard drive for use as a back-up
> > device
> Good you should make a back up
An aside...
FWIW, my backup system involves an additional PC, running backupPC, in
the loft of my garage.
That way the backups are done automatically and the copy is essentially
off site because the garage is the other side of a physical firewall.
Anywhere separated is better than having both copies in the same
building. Garden shed, friendly neighbour, even an outside tool storage
chest. Linux is brilliant in that you can recycle old PCs for jobs like
this. Try St. James if you have no spare PC. I bought a low-cost ITX
for energy consumption reasons, but how well that really adds up with
embodied energy I couldn't say.
Gordon.
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