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The offline backup tag on WindowsForum.com covers strategies for keeping a recovery copy of Windows files that ransomware, bad sync rules, or accidental mass deletion cannot immediately reach. Discussion centers on the principle that separation is the protection: a NAS powered down and disconnected except during scheduled jobs, a spare PC running TrueNAS, an older Synology unit, a USB hard drive dock, or a single encrypted external disk can all fill that role. The recurring theme is protecting irreplaceable data such as family photos, tax records, and identity documents by ensuring no always-connected system can overwrite or encrypt the backup.
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    Offline NAS Backups Protect Windows Files From Ransomware

    A NAS that is powered down and disconnected except during scheduled backup jobs can provide the one recovery point that ransomware, a bad sync rule, or an accidental mass deletion cannot immediately reach. That is the useful core of a new How-To Geek account of keeping an “offline NAS” for...