What Is The 3-2-1 Rule For Backing Up Your Data?

Make sure your files are safe in the event of a hard drive disaster.

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Whether it's photos, videos, financial records or an assortment of questionable personal poetry, you've probably generated stacks upon stacks of data over the years, figuratively speaking. While taking the time to make sure all that data is safe and backed up might not be your idea of an action-packed afternoon, there's a distinct and unpleasant panic that comes from realizing that your important…