Backup strategy - where to put the files
by Pen guin from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5P3NH)
I'm in the process of switching to Linux for everything exceptfor Flight simulation and associated files...
As it stands now, I have Linux Mint on a 1TB NVMe M.3 drive. Windows 10 and installed programs are on a 1TB SSD (internal)
Windows Data and Windows Backups are on a 4 year old WD My Passport External Hard Drive.
That said, is it better to to:
Buy a Flash drive, and transfer the Windows Data onto that, thereby opening up over 400GB in that partition...But don't forget this is a 4 year old (portable) hard drive, that's plugged in all the time.
Then take it from the Flash Drive to where on the NVMe drive, where my Linux Mint installation is...
Or Buy a new external and create a partition for all Windows backups (X-Plane at that point) and associated files, and another partition for Linux Data...
Or, buy two separate drives one for each, one for Windows Backups, and the other for Linux Backups, which would include productivity software, etc.
Hopefully someone can enlighten me...
Thanks.
As it stands now, I have Linux Mint on a 1TB NVMe M.3 drive. Windows 10 and installed programs are on a 1TB SSD (internal)
Windows Data and Windows Backups are on a 4 year old WD My Passport External Hard Drive.
That said, is it better to to:
Buy a Flash drive, and transfer the Windows Data onto that, thereby opening up over 400GB in that partition...But don't forget this is a 4 year old (portable) hard drive, that's plugged in all the time.
Then take it from the Flash Drive to where on the NVMe drive, where my Linux Mint installation is...
Or Buy a new external and create a partition for all Windows backups (X-Plane at that point) and associated files, and another partition for Linux Data...
Or, buy two separate drives one for each, one for Windows Backups, and the other for Linux Backups, which would include productivity software, etc.
Hopefully someone can enlighten me...
Thanks.