What Is The 3-2-1 Rule For Backing Up Your Data?

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Make sure your files are safe in the event of a hard drive disaster.

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Whether it's photos, videos, financial records or an assortment of questionable personal poetry, you've probably generated stacks upon stacks of data over the years, figuratively speaking. While taking the time to make sure all that data is safe and backed up might not be your idea of an action-packed afternoon, there's a distinct and unpleasant panic that comes from realizing that your important files are gone for good. After all, no one wants to lose all those treasured cat photos. Fortunately, one fried hard drive doesn't have to leave you breathing into a paper bag and bargaining with the gods.

While there are different approaches out there to backing up your data, there's a classic rule you can use to get started. The 3-2-1 ruleis a framework that covers how many copies...

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