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writing your PIN on your ATM card keeping a copy of your front door key on your door and not backing up your stuff keeping the single copy of your pictures videos or documents in one location is just not a good idea if that device gets lost stolen or breaks then what now that you're sufficiently panicked let's talk about backup methods number one get an external hard drive or flash drive so here's an external here's a flash drive this is one of the simplest methods buy one of these and connect it to your computer then copy your files from your computer to these things do this routinely and you'll have a second copy of your stuff should your main PC take a dirt nap method number two back up to the cloud you can also backup your stuff to server somewhere away from you you can sign up for a service like Dropbox box Microsoft onedrive or Google Drive and have your data automatically uploaded to their computers they all offer a free storage tier and you can purchase more space and number three use both a belt and suspenders approach won't hurt either if you're looking for recommendations for external hard drives or cloud backup services check out cnet.com