Data Backup and Protection from Ransomware

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro Overview
01:27 Install Process
03:18 Backup Process
06:15 Restore Process
07:51 Anti-Virus
08:09 Archive and Sync
09:50 Pricing .
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[@darkphase7799]

I get this is a sponsor but all that is going through my head is the amount of times Chris has said that getting an all in one program is a bad idea.

[@handendaer]

when Jordan B Petersen said that he would not be so aggressive in his temper anymore "Cus he got told people could take offense" is when you know they've sold out. Everything he says, all his foundation is built on offense, offense to the corrupt bullies running this world. Or when Joe Rogan said "no more commercials" - but every episode was sponsored by... yeah u get my drift... well, huge companies researching and promoting monsanto and other psycactive substanses. And all the sudden a lot of programs he just talked and promoted them and eat mushroom on cast etc. Well.. guess what i just wanted to say was: "happy to see you got totally blind from wearing two masks or just simply from peer pressure"! Overly happy people wanting to sell you something sounding to good to be true.. or just shit and its 10x price and title and description spell'd badly.. usually same. or people "restore X" w/ rust on plastic components, or same criminal ring abusing animals for their "rescue vids".

[@RoadRunner1980]

Chris and his audience don't seem to be the target audience for software like this. This was an odd video.

[@peterbratu]

No perpetual licence after 2019. That was the last version I bought.

[@Mocoso7]

I agree. Aomei has lyfetime licenses

[@surfingsub5854]

@@Mocoso7 Macrium Reflect is FREE and so far works well on multiple different systems.

[@JimSemkiw]

$124.99 per year is NOT 1TB of *FREE* space.

[@cmh31909]

I dumped Acronis years ago, it got way too bloated and was not reliable.

[@dagthewog6290]

Not a fan of subscription models... Plus, I think I used this on a lawyer's computer. It took it upon itself to determine a law program that he'd been using for YEARS was malware! Thank goodness for Windows System Restore Points. I have a feeling he would've turned around an sued me... Never again.

[@jaxxarmstrong]

Personally I'm using Macrium Reflect (Free) and have been for many years. The ability to mount an image to get a few files is what sold me. A no-BS approach to backups. I've tried Acronis, incl many other solutions, but all were lacking one or more features. Thank you for the video, Chris.

[@kidslovesatan34]

Isn't Macrium Reflect a 30-day trial only?

[@jaxxarmstrong]

@@kidslovesatan34 Nope, just register your email address once and you get a free key to use indefinitely. Do realize that Macrium Reflect Free doesn't have all the functionality that a paid license has. Personally I don't need any of the paid features and thus I have been using the free license for years without hickup.

[@kidslovesatan34]

@@jaxxarmstrong Thanks, man.

[@Penfolduk001]

Got a SATA SSD for my old laptop to keep it going for another year or two. It came with a key for Acronis True Image. So I tried that. Took a couple of hours then failed. Macrium Reflect did it right first time.

[@paulsp9889]

@@kidslovesatan34 Macrium Reflect Free Edition is being retired. Security patches will be provided until 1st January 2024.

[@darkksoul9942]

Hello, is there any good backup solution for data of an accounting application ? Thank you

[@TheCocoaDaddy]

What are my options if the login credentials I need to login to restore a backup are on the system that needs to be restored?

[@pathfindercod4638]

Is it cloud based only backups? Option for local nas or external hard drive?

[@surfingsub5854]

I too used them for decades even in business. But today if you check them out deeper you'll find they have quite a few failures when customers in a lurch are trying to recover data. They've taken on the antivirus as their main product I think and backup has become secondary. I've switched over to Macrium Reflect and have done quite a few backup and recover scenarios to make sure it worked and so far seems to be pretty solid and get this it's FREE.

[@GeorgeSomething5]

Yeah baby! Sponsors are back.

[@DesktopChronicles]

Three solutions that worked perfectly fine for me are: Macrium reflect free, Windows built-in image backups and synology active backup for business. Great content Chris, keep up the good work.

[@kidslovesatan34]

Isn't Macrium Reflect a 30-day trial only?

[@donaldmickunas8552]

Not for me even if I was still using Windows. This would make me too reliant on their software and the security of both the software and their storage solution. I’ve learned that what were once great companies gradually decline due mostly to changes in management and ownership.

[@kevin34ct]

Lucky you, I only have 20Mbps upload.

[@savage_tribal_chief]

Thank you @Chris Titus Tech for the tutorial.

[@jvandermerwe5274]

Is this basically like a fuller featured TImeshift for Windows?

[@Helio4k]

I honestly must say not a big fan of subscription model, it seams that everything this days is that model. Look what happened with Adobe CS subscription when Pantone decided to invalidate the licence with Adobe, all the creators lost access to colors on their designs, not sure if it got resolved. And what happens if Acronis decides to close shop?

[@ChrisTitusTech]

The only way to prevent this is to use open source software. That way you won't be at the mercy of any company. Housing your own data and not relying on the cloud is obviously a given as well if you want to be completely independent. That said, it is only backups so you can easily dump it and move on. When implementing proprietary software in your day to day workflow, that becomes a lot harder to replace.

[@surfingsub5854]

@@ChrisTitusTech Macrium Reflect is Free - not open source, but free and in my testing backs up faster and smaller images. No antivirus software mixed in, etc. Just backups which is what Acronis should have stayed with, but it just wasn't making enough money for them.

[@mrkmdz]

@@ChrisTitusTech Using OSS isn't an absolute guarantee, either. Look at all the OSS projects that went commercial. Some might still have a very limited "community edition," others are stuck at an older version that don't support newer OS versions.

[@pcislocked]

full disk backup where I can restore the image and boot the laptop like nothing happened with the ability to exclude some folders (so I don't have to upload heavy games to cloud backup) would be really powerful.

[@carloschaparro07]

A big FU to Acronis for the subscription based licenses. Looking for alternatives.

[@Mikesco3]

I used Acronis for years, and back then you could still purchase the product, also you could backup from the recovery media, your didn't need to install it if you didn't want to. But gradually they took the ability to backup from recovery media, now you just lease the software, and I don't want to imagine what happens to your cloud data if you miss a few payments...

[@crisbalgreece]

Great memories back then..I used Acronis for many years.. Unfortunately I loosed my license and stoped. Thanks for reminding me..,👍

[@jeffharwood624]

Chris, I used to use Acronis back in the day, one caveat to backing up your machine was restoring back the condition that caused you to crash in the first place. That broke me of Backups.

[@Jool4832]

What about these backup solutions for Linux?

[@zinc6625]

learn rsync

[@halfsourlizard9319]

Isn't that what tar is for?

[@ChrisTitusTech]

funny enough since this is entire system backup, if you dual boot it will grab linux partitions as well. However, if it's just a pure Linux system rsync it to a storage device or cloud with your documents and dot files. Far less space and fast as hell. I've actually done full replication of Linux servers using Rsync over different VPS providers as well. Here was that video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6DZlZyXd5Wlg9E

[@CMDRSweeper]

You have the deadliest solution you can deploy on tap under Linux... ZFS, couple that with Sanoid and Syncoid (Comes in the same package) and you suddenly have the deadliest combo that will make ransomware piss their virtual pants if they could.

[@TownspersonB]

I use btrfs on my desktop and NAS, so I take hourly snapshots of my home subvolume and sync it to my NAS via btrbk over SSH. As for my root subvolume, I use a pacman hook with btrbk. It's all nearly instantaneous and I don't have to think about it after it's set up.

[@eeledahc]

My old ghost still works. Been through5 pcs, same ghost.

[@TheBeegs]

@4:45 I find Windows Sandbox to be a better option for this as you can limit network connectivity for ill-intended software out there. Otherwise, great video Titus.

[@LilHoss]

How many pop filters do you need on a microphone?

[@ChrisTitusTech]

Enough to record in a hurricane.

[@somesalmon5694]

I just use rsync cron and btrfs, I'd rather not send my data offsite unless its somewhere I have physical access if its not necessary

[@graog123]

Used to install Acronis on machines that came through our workshop, moved away from it when it became a bit 'needy'. Recently their Disk Manager program annoyed the shit out of lots of customers triggering Defender multiple times an hour with its constant calls to access data in Memory

[@onlyychevys]

I just use minitool partition wizard and back up the whole drive every so often and its free!

[@einsteinpi]

Chris - any chance you could cover NextDNS?

[@r4_broadcast]

If only Rackspace had something like that.... Or a SOC.

[@fernandohg225]

The only one i have used is Macrium Reflect

[@Steven_nevetS]

Looks like a decent product!

[@RoryIsNotACabbage]

I read the title as using rasonware as your backup and I have to say I'm disappointed I was wrong

[@chrisbowring4298]

...ah haha...🤭 no, it's correct.

[@markN_CS]

I don't know... Veeam never disappointed me and allowed me to stay local with my data. I backup my data to my own local Veeam backup repository hosted on my tiny little homeserver with a encrypted 6 TB HDD plugged in it and replicate the backups to the HDD, so that I have it twice. The bootable Veeam Recovery Media can be created very easy and fast and you can also create an .iso-image for example Ventoy. With that said the Recovery Media does also a very good and solid job on the recovery-side. The only plus point here for Acronis is their Cloud backup & recovery solution.

[@repro7780]

I use free VEEAM as well....easy to use and restore to my NAS.

[@RoadRunner1980]

@@repro7780 There's no such thing as free Veeam. Also, using Veeam as a consumer is expensive AF.

[@repro7780]

@@RoadRunner1980 Oh yes there is. Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, been using it for years. Look it up! "The FREE standalone Veeam® Agent for Microsoft Windows provides a simple solution for backing up Windows-based desktops, laptops and tablets With Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows FREE."

[@markN_CS]

@@RoadRunner1980 Bro, you can use either Veeam Backup & Replication for up to 10 clients and for free or the standalone Veeam Agent for MS Windows / Linux for up to 1 Client and also free. Backup & Replication especially, if you have also a homeserver like I have, is very nice as an backup-repository for some homeclients oder even small businesses. Only caveat is: You need to create an Veeam account to download those free clients from Veaam officially. Alternatively you can download them from other sources without creating an account.

[@ussul6524]

ohh this is another lvl backup.

[@Mocoso7]

Aomei Backupper is good too, and its free

[@vishal_joshi24]

Great video! I request you to make a video on creating a free SMTP email server on free tier VPS platforms (google cloud free tier, Oracle free tier, IBM cloud) where port 25 is blocked by default. I am sure it would be a great one!

[@_.-_.-_.-_.-_.-_.-_.-_.-_.-_.]

Hey Chris, any thoughts on ESET Nod32 AV for daily home use?

[@ChrisTitusTech]

It's a solid AV and always has been. Fun fact is it was one of the first to market back in the 80s.

[@boredcryptek5513]

Someone show this to rackspace. They need it.

[@mechmaverick]

literally you can buy a synology drive for the same price and do all of this minus the anti virus

[@MichaelJHathaway]

Once upon a time...

[@ChrisTitusTech]

In a galaxy far far away...

[@peterwagner9795]

Chris, are the backups encrypted?

[@surfingsub5854]

Yes, they offer that if you want.

[@iconcarifur]

I switched Linux mint to Windows 10. I realized that Linux is not user friendly and windows have more apps than Linux. I brought tv tuner from online. Download tv tuner driver and software is easy click of a button for windows user. I use 5 days but I couldn't work tv tuner on Linux mint. All of my steam games are not working on Linux mint. I am glad I switched to Windows 10.

[@justethical280]

i hate subscription models...

[@Sva010]

acronis and macrium are the best

[@davidvantongerloo1907]

i use rclone ( backup to heztner an google drive an local ) , but seeing this video, huuummmm yeah think nice have only 1 windows pc, and 30% off yes cool this backup in also set and forget !!

[@ck459]

Nah, not gonna watch a 10 minute commercial!

[@paulfrayne6519]

😊

[@paulalex9977]

What it is funny about this review is how cool the System Clean Up is because it's sponsored by Acronis, but then when talking about CCleaner and similars is suggesting not to use it because it's worthless. Careful with the hypocrisy, because someday it might come bite us in the butt. At least you acknowledge that CCleaner has good features. We can use all the system cleaners we want, just with knowledge. I use CCleaner free and it cleans the same as Bleachbit. Bottom line: If we are going to not recommend something and then we have a similar feature in other program and it's cool. Double standards are always bad.

[@robsmith2936]

What is ChatGPT? The AI chatbot talked up as a potential Google killer

[@handendaer]

apple play next?

[@Loader7272]

I feel like I'm being data-mined enough as it is just from the cell ph. would rather have good quality spare platter drives. Appreciate the video though. peace.

[@CarnivoreDF]

👍🏻

[@premier69]

that's for the tip, i got it for free too!

[@MegaManNeo]

I highly recommend Acronis too. It's super simple to create backups and restore them. Did it with a couple of machines myself too.

[@punch3n3ergy37]

yeah lemme just quickly upload my 400Gig C: Drive to a cloud with 1MB/s upload. Not gonna take long...

[@albo5106]

Acronis is the shiznit

[@veremlim]

Yeah, I cannot in good conscience endorse or approve systems prioritizing subscription based cloud service for this kind of a use-case. Initial and immediate backup needs to be local first. I understand that Chris and his family got to eat, so I am not against him doing a sponsor deal, but not mentioning famous 1-2-3 rule of backing up or importance of prioritizing local backup anywhere in the video does not look too good.

[@grabarzponury9868]

One word. CloneZilla

[@mrkmdz]

@ChrisTitusTech, I can't help feeling disappointed and disillusioned by this video. Coming from a leader in the fight to debloat Windows and who so often touts OSS and complains about subscription-based licensing, this infomercial for Acronis seems wildly out-of-character. I, too, used Acronis in the past. I see five Acronis True Image boxes on my software shelf, and know I've bought more than that for my own use. I've recommended and installed Acronis for friends, family and clients. But I haven't bought a single license since Acronis went to a subscription model. Backup is not the type of product I feel you should rent, unless you're going cloud-based, in which case there are more affordable options than Acronis. I also don't appreciate Acronis forcing customers to install their anti-malware product. I use and recommend other anti-malware products that I feel are superior. I don't want redundant services consuming system resources and potentially conflicting with my preferred anti-malware solution.

[@lasseplolsen]

I once bought their True Image SW. When my Windows computer stopped working and I tried to restore an image with this SW, it didn't work. I ended up having re-install from scratch. I love your channel but this is junk you're promoting.

[@Polar_Onyx]

That pricing makes no sense $124 for 1 TB? I can buy a gen4 m.2 ssd for cheaper and it will last a lot longer than a year. If you want to actually save some money a 4tb HHD is about half that price. Don't let these guys scam you.

[@tituja]

I watch a lot of your videos but, have to speak out against this one. First and foremost, cloud back up services are just as susceptible to ransomeware attacks as any online storage. All of the largest providers have been hit because of users staying logged into the cloud and also because of the residual software like what Acronis uses. If you want to do a full image backup, do it once and keep it local and offline, and then use a NAS, SAN or DAS, using rsync or xcopy with the arguments /d/e/c/r/y. You do not have to pay for some unnecessary cloud service that could hold your data hostage. Next you are doing virtualized clients and those are easily backed up to localized SAN/NAS or DAS. Just disconnect the localized storage media, creating an airgap defense from ransomeware.

[@JeffWF73]

When you need protection to protect you from the backdoors and vulnerabilities a software developer has created for his own software, You would be better off not using that software.

[@servanofmyGod]

they are subscription only. I like them but I dont like subscriptions. I watch people have no buying power due to all the subscriptions. to everything.

[@jamiec736]

Stopped watching after 50s

[@bonce8022]

I've been their customer for many years. Right now customer service is virtually nonexistent. Tried to reach through all possible means in order to get multiple licenses sales quote for the company. Nada. Nothing. Then contacted me month (!) later asking about issues. Shame... Switched to Macrium Reflect. IMO much better product with helpful customer service which is quite important specially in corporate environment.

[@reimorster]

Best protection: unhide extensions, create and use an unprivileged user account, disable admin account, create a nonstandard account for admin like “holycow” with a strong password. Don’t run anything you don’t know, and if you do, run it on sandbox or at least check it on virustotal…

[@kentsavick2516]

Clonezilla :D

[@ierosgr]

...for just raw image i prefer rescuezilla