UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath’s support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.

The issue has been rumbling for a few days, with one user logging into Google Drive and finding things as they were in May 2023.

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I use an external hard drive for all of my cloud backups

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Dumb question,

If you have an external hard drive for your cloud backup data, why use a cloud service?

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Accessible from anywhere and any device. Non-local backups in case of a fire at your house and such.

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Makes sense, thank you

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Offsite is always a good idea in case of a disaster like fire.

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Offsite? When I googled that it showed a team retreat planning website. How does that work?

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For any really important data, you should always have at least 3 copies. 1) Your working copy on your computer. 2) A local backup which could be an external hard drive, a NAS, another computer, or whatever. 3) An off-site backup. That could be a cloud service, a computer at a friend’s or family member’s house, an external hard drive in a safety deposit box, etc. The off-site backup is in case your house burns down or is robbed.

If it’s REALLY important, you may have even more than that. There’s also the issue of how often do you update the backups. A hard drive in a safety deposit box is hard to update compared to uploading to Google Drive which can be automatic, but the hard drive in the safety deposit box is more secure. So you have to weigh your pros and cons.

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Can you give me an example of what really important data could look like?

Genuine question, I don’t work in IT or work with computers very often. I’m tech literate, but the most important thing I really have is my resume and even then I can redo it if I lost it.

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Do you have it plugged in all the time or do you periodically do a full transfer?

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I do weekly backups. However, if I modify or add something really important I create a backup right at that time

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Makes sense, I’ll have to start doing that.

One more question out of curiosity, how do you store the drive after?

I was thinking of getting a proper fireproof safe someday, but that might make it so I get lazy with the backups

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