Tip of the day: Backup your keys file

I keep my keys in a Google Docs spreadsheet. Cloud computing! (All my other data is vulnerable to loss.)

I'm a huge fan of SpiderOak's zero knowledge online backup solution (they can't decrypt your files), but the interface is horrendous. If you're not worried about the site operators or hackers getting at your uploaded files, something like Dropbox, OneDrive, or Google Docs works well enough.

As suggested above - google docs :> I do the same for all my key lists, spreadsheets etc. Also you can add 2 factor phone verification for your google account if you're afraid of keeping your keys online cause someone may steal them ;) This way you can also access your keys from anywhere using any device/system whenever you want without need to DL some soft on new machine to access your stuff.

I use dropbox for any important file, I also have 2 hard drives, I doubt both will decide to die at the same time.

So another hard drive just died

Definitively, or just won't boot up?
Often you can get them to work a bit longer through an external or secondary mount, once they stop booting.

If not.. eeych, that always sucks. :/
I think the actual moral here has less to do with backing up individual files, and more either with (regularly backing up your harddrive in full) or (using cloud storage for files).

rsync is perfect for stuff like this, you can even have multiple computers with the file. (Downside is you need a server)

I've been down that road. No more. Crashplan for the win.

There's literally zero reason to backup manually.

Use thing like Dropbox. That saves time for many important files. Cloud is the best.

I don't have a lot of keys. Also use them immediately - either activate or create GA. I remember couple of occasions when I wanted to create GA but I was waiting too long and game became free in the meantime xD
In rare situations when I want to activate them much later - I just print my keys xD Not really automatic :)

I have OneDrive and Google Drive installed on my pc, so any file in those 2 folders will get uploaded to the internet automatically. Never lost any file since then.

Backblaze works fairly well and is reasonably priced. Only thing is the client isn't very configurable.

I use Google Keep - another cloud solution

Thanks for the advice! Done.

Google drive it's good: https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive

Sorry to hear that, Yirg.
I keep my files on Dropbox.
Automatically backed up, easy to access from anywhere. Free.

I backup my files, but it's not automated. I alternate between two drives and backup at least once a week. I don't use any fancy software, just a custom script using Windows' built in command line tool robocopy.

so i keep stick on usb pendrive 1gb only for plain text or docs :being this paranoic:

GoodSync for automated backup. And/or cloud. I have all my documents stored on two clouds and three HDDs.

I use OneNote since it comes with Windows 10.

I once lost way more important files than that. My laptop got stolen, along with my external HDD (it was a house-burglary).

Now I am paranoid.

1 - An exact duplicate of important personal files like photos, video, music collections. internal HDD.
2 - An exact duplicate in external WD Harddisk.
3 - Important documents in Google Drive.
4 - A CrashPlan subscription.

I have my keys.7z on the Google Drive

Still figuring out which keys weren't used. Thanks for all the comments so far.

Oh, and here's a giveaway since I promised and didn't deliver.

SET COUNTER=0
:loop
SET /a COUNTER=%COUNTER%+1
XCOPY "C:\Keys.txt*" "D:\Keys_%COUNTER%.txt" /i /s
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 86400000 > NUL
goto loop

You can replace Keys.txt with a directory if you'd like, I've included the arguments with it.

This will copy Keys.txt to Keys_1.txt on another drive. 24-hours later it'll copy Keys.txt to Keys_2.txt to the same drive as before. Make sure that if you close the command prompt or reboot your PC, you edit SET COUNTER=0 to be the same number as the last backup.

Yirg, I use FreeFileSync and run it silently every 24 hours as a batch job (keys.txt copied/updated onto a 2nd drive with one task, and also onto a USB thumb drive with another for redundancy). Best solution I've found for hassle-free offline backups. I'm just too paranoid to use Google.

Windows has since 7 even a built in option, people really should at least use this. I use it besides manual backups. I have my files on 3 different spots.

Windows is able to backup your libraries up to every 10 minutes, just create a new library and add your wanted folders in that library.