system & storage back up

[ejhawken]

My HP Pavillion is almost a year old now & I use it for some facebook games, shopping, pictures of my family & friends & your basic computer use.  Every once in a while my fan sounds kind of funny upon startup but then goes away & hasn't done it again.  From past experience of not having my pc backed up & having a laptop that was ruined by a coca cola being spilled in it & then another one that just went out & I have lost all my pictures & music & files that were important to me I am looking to see what would be the best solution for a complete system backup. Some people have said the Cloud, others a thumb drive & this model doesn't have a cd player or reader so I just wanted to know the most inexpensive & as good of a solution as possible without spending too much. I would appreciate any input that you could help me with to protect my files.

[CherylG]

Nothing wrong with having both Cloud and USB flash drive or hard drive. I use OneDrive which integrates nicely with Windows 10 and will automatically keep your files updated in the cloud as you add pictures,etc. I also use a USB Hard drive to store music  locally and some system images. Cloud storage is nice with it's feature of being able to access your files from anywhere on any computer. You simply go to Onedrive site and login. In the event of changing to another PC due to failure or just moving to a new one you install Onedrive on the new machine, login and all files are there. Just have to remember to store your username and password safely away in case you forget it.

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