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minus-squarepanCatElinkfedilink9•10 months agoI need to move my system to linux , however there is data on my system i need to backup, any way I can do that ?.
minus-squareZILtoid1991linkfedilink9•10 months agoIf you have a desktop, buy a second drive. You might even can use your Windows installation for apps with no (good) Linux alternatives.
minus-squarepanCatElinkfedilink2•10 months agoOk yeah external hard drive makes sense ! I used windows only for my univ work , they needed Ms office for their reports etc , office 365 basically but since its over now ,I can use the apps I want
minus-square@FredericChopin_@feddit.uklinkfedilink7•10 months agoJest as aside, you do know you should have backups in place before something happens. What if your pc died tomorrow?
minus-squarepanCatElinkfedilink3•10 months agoYeah i do need the backup for that purpose , my PC is relatively new it has mostly my univ code and some work docs.!!
minus-square@Moobythegoldensock@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•10 months agoExternal hard drive is probably the cheapest/easiest solution. You can also try a cloud service like dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
minus-squareBlinkerFluidlinkfedilink5•10 months agoExternal, cloud storage, install Linux on a separate drive and move everything over. The world is your oyster, man.
minus-square@AccurstDemon@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink1•edit-210 months agoUse FreeFileSync to make your backups easily without having to copy everything by yourself, thank me later!
minus-square90% rambling, like going on about that one time that this guy.... linkfedilink1•10 months ago@jungekatz @MazonnaCara89 External hard drive.
I need to move my system to linux , however there is data on my system i need to backup, any way I can do that ?.
If you have a desktop, buy a second drive. You might even can use your Windows installation for apps with no (good) Linux alternatives.
Ok yeah external hard drive makes sense ! I used windows only for my univ work , they needed Ms office for their reports etc , office 365 basically but since its over now ,I can use the apps I want
Jest as aside, you do know you should have backups in place before something happens. What if your pc died tomorrow?
Yeah i do need the backup for that purpose , my PC is relatively new it has mostly my univ code and some work docs.!!
New computers are the ones more likely to fail.
External hard drive is probably the cheapest/easiest solution. You can also try a cloud service like dropbox, Google Drive, etc.
External, cloud storage, install Linux on a separate drive and move everything over.
The world is your oyster, man.
Use FreeFileSync to make your backups easily without having to copy everything by yourself, thank me later!
@jungekatz @MazonnaCara89 External hard drive.