Subj : backup for windows pc?
To   : August Abolins
From : Ed Vance
Date : Thu Mar 27 2025 02:57 pm


> Whatcha all Windows users using for backup up your main PCs?

> I'd like to backup most of my files, but I have less than 15GB  
> space free on a 250GB HDD. Can't add an extra HDD/SDD or  
> replace the existing HDD at the moment (PC is a bit hard to  
> access).

> The goal is to send the files to an offsite server, automated.  
> But I am not interested in paying for a VPS for that.  I'd like  
> to encrypt the files myself and upload a bundle.

> I experimented with 7Zip and gpg, but found out that 7zip  
> doesn't support pipes.

> Is there another rudimentary grassroots way to achieve this?

> Since gpg can only input one file at a time, I was thinking of  
> building a FOR loop to create a gpg encrypted version for each  
> file and pipe that to Winscp.

> This is for a Win7 environment, BTW.

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August, I use Avast v11 for XP 
The XP box had 250GB HDD when bought.
Some years back it was getting nearly full so I cloned the 250 GB HDD to a 2TB
Internal HDD and switched them 
Kept the old 250GB drive jic...
Ed
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