Robdonty

I also did find this article (option 2) and wondered if this might be the way to go moving forward, but would appreciate any advice you can give: 3 Ways | How to Backup OneDrive to External Hard Drive [Full Guide] - EaseUS

Hi Brian, when I refer to a back-up I mean I was wanting something that would copy the folders and images on my PC (which is also what is copied in the cloud (OneDrive)) and put that onto an external drive, automatically (assuming the drive is connected). By the sounds of it, I probably just need to get what was suggested in your other post and then periodically take a copy of all of my files and manually put them onto the drive. What I am not sure about is how to do that every time without downloading everything from OneDrive again (many of my old photos are sitting in the cloud only, and not on my PC due to space - therefore saved only in 1 location - eek) which would take days and use a lot of data. Which makes me think I am going about this all wrong!

Hi Brian, I have read through some threads on both this forum and the Facebook page but would appreciate some advice please on recommendations for an external hard drive back up - not sure if I am overthinking things or not! I see that in a thread in November 21 this Amazon.com: SanDisk Professional 12TB G-DRIVE Enterprise-Class Desktop Hard Drive HDD, Ultrastar Drive Inside, Up to 195MB/s, USB-C (5Gbps), USB 3.2 Gen 1 - SDPH91G-012T-NBAAD : Electronics was being discussed as a HDD that you would recommend, but I note that you need to partition it for use with Windows. Once you partition it, are you still able to have it automatically undertaking back ups? I also read in the same thread old WD External HD issues - The Windows & PC Hardware Forum - DamienSymonds.net not to use any of the manufacturers software so am not sure if this then means that any ability to automate the backups is removed. Can you please advise? Was trying to get away with not doing it manually - as I am likely to get slack :) If you cannot automate the backups once the HDD is partitioned is there another one that you would recommend for Windows? I am currently running Windows 11 and backing up to the cloud, but want to have another backup - just in case. Thank you!