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   Ed Vance to August Abolins   
   backup for windows pc?   
   27 Mar 25 14:57:06   
   
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   > 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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