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🪟 WindowsIntermediate⏱ 15 min5 steps

Back up your data (3-2-1 rule)

Three copies, two media, one off-site.

  1. Settings → Accounts → Windows Backup: enable folder backup to OneDrive if you wish.
  2. Plug in an external drive and use "File History" (Control Panel) for a versioned backup.
  3. For a manual mirror copy with robocopy:
    robocopy "C:\Users\Moi\Documents" "D:\Backup\Documents" /MIR /R:2 /W:5
  4. Keep a copy away from home (encrypted cloud or a drive at a relative's).
  5. Regularly test restoring a file.
⚠️ /MIR deletes from the destination what no longer exists in the source. Double-check the source → destination order.