Hi,
Im a little new to this so you will have to excuse me if this is common knowledge.
I have 1TB harddrive, but currently none of the files have been backed up apart from about 1GB of the most important stuff. I need to backup the entire 1TB harddrive now. Ive been looking into a RAID 1 setup to keep a copy of the drive, but from what ive read this is only good if the drive fails, if I corrupt my harddrive then im still buggered.
1. How often does a drive get corrupted? Ive never heard of it happening, and even if it does, isnt it still easy to get the files off as long as the drive isnt broken?
2. Is having a separate backup drive without RAID the best option to protect my files?
3. Are there good software options for automatic syncing and backup? I only ask because I dont want to have to hit a physical button every time I want to update my backup (because ill probably forget to do it in weeks) but at the same time, I dont want it backed up in real time incase I corrupt the drive.
Im a little new to this so you will have to excuse me if this is common knowledge.
I have 1TB harddrive, but currently none of the files have been backed up apart from about 1GB of the most important stuff. I need to backup the entire 1TB harddrive now. Ive been looking into a RAID 1 setup to keep a copy of the drive, but from what ive read this is only good if the drive fails, if I corrupt my harddrive then im still buggered.
1. How often does a drive get corrupted? Ive never heard of it happening, and even if it does, isnt it still easy to get the files off as long as the drive isnt broken?
2. Is having a separate backup drive without RAID the best option to protect my files?
3. Are there good software options for automatic syncing and backup? I only ask because I dont want to have to hit a physical button every time I want to update my backup (because ill probably forget to do it in weeks) but at the same time, I dont want it backed up in real time incase I corrupt the drive.