Windows 10: Recommended backup method for recovering from the system drive breakdown

Hi,See the page Recovery options in Windows → Windows 10 → "Use a recovery drive to restore or recover your PC" at the end of page, the 3rd to last.The questionsoes that method work in a situation where the system drive has failed and replaced with a new one blank?If it does, how has the backup been taken?If it does not, what is the recommended method in Windows 10 to take backups so that- recovering the whole system from the SSD breakdown is possible- files C:\Users\*\Documents are backed up every now and then?I know True Image and some other commercial 3rd party software but in this

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Setting up a fileserver - help and backup method/recommendations

I'm setting up a basic Windows fileserver to replace a Linkstation NAS. It is a relatively low use/demand, with not more than 50 new or editted files per day, not more than 50MB of changed, and 5MB of new material per day, on average.

The main HDD (640GB) is as follows:

C:\ system partition 20GB
D:\ data drive, requiring frequent backup 300GB
E:\ data drive, requiring occasional backup 300GB

I'm looking for advice/suggestions on a suitable data security / backup / recovery method.

My initial thoughts are the following:

1/ Set up Volume Shadow Services to maintain a daily file-copy on the main HDD, which provides rollback to the user in the case of basic file management mistakes
2/ Install a second HDD (also 640GB) on the machine
3/ Run Cobian backup to make a copy of the D and E drives on to the second HDD. There would be a full backup once per month, plus a differential backup done daily at 2am.

Is this a good setup? Any other ideas? Suggestions welcome and appreciated.

I have also seen Acronis Backup & Recovery, but this is too expensive. Looking for cheap but effective solutions. Can spend to a small budget, but not hundreds.

 

Recover files from Flash drive

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Archival backup methods

Dual or tri redundant backup is suggested, tape drives are still around, there are M Disks that @Sasqui knows about besides dvds and cds. I would also have vaccum bags or a pelican case that have dessicants to prevent moisture from getting in the media.

Pictures you do not want to lose I would make 2 hard copies, and then if its from 35mm film I'd have that film ptotected and a digital backup of the prints in a lossless format so no compression. Fireproof and flood/water proof safes are suggested too.
Tapedrives are now using a SAS format, i presume there are SATA variants too.