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|    Ed Vance to August Abolins    |
|    backup for windows pc?    |
|    27 Mar 25 14:57:06    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 2433.windowsb@1:2320/105 2c4aed13       REPLY: 2:221/1.58@fidonet 0c78ef52       PID: Synchronet 3.20a-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 202 GCC 12.2.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.20-Linux master/acc19483f Apr 26 2024 23:04 GCC 12.2.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1              > 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.              > --- OpenXP 5.0.57       > * Origin: (2:221/1.58)                     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       --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 16/0 19/37 103/705 104/119 105/81 106/201 120/616 123/130       SEEN-BY: 124/5016 128/187 129/215 305 142/104 153/757 7715 154/10       SEEN-BY: 154/30 50 110 700 201/0 203/0 218/700 220/20 90 221/0 1 6       SEEN-BY: 226/18 30 44 50 227/114 229/110 114 206 300 307 310 317 400       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 550 664 700 705 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 5006 291/111 292/854 8125 301/1 320/119 219 319       SEEN-BY: 320/2119 322/757 762 326/101 341/66 234 342/200 396/45 423/81       SEEN-BY: 423/120 460/58 467/888 633/280 712/848 770/1 902/26 2320/0       SEEN-BY: 2320/105 3634/12 5020/400 5075/35       PATH: 2320/105 154/10 280/464 221/1 320/219 229/426           |
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