Wall Street Journal: The Best Way to Back Up Your Computer

By Geoffrey A. Fowler
Updated March 4, 2015

There are two types of hard drives: those about to fail, and those that will fail eventually. Plan accordingly.

Online backup is effective because it does the worrying for you. The cloud is less susceptible to loss than running (or, heaven forbid, thwacking) your own farm of backup drives. The cloud is protected from fire, flood, theft and your cat. You can access online archives from anywhere, including on your phone. And it makes sense if you’re already paying an arm and a leg for fast, unlimited broadband.

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