Back when I had a new computer built to my specs, I asked to a 2nd hard drive to be installed just for all my files such as quilt designs, embroidery designs, statements, etc. This way if my computer crashes, my files are safe on another hard drive. Sure I can't get to them while its crashed but I haven't lost them either. I also have an external hard drive that I use for backup. Depending on how often these folders are added to will designate how often they get backed up. My quilt and embroidery folders get backed up weekly, jigsaw puzzle folder every 2 weeks and so on. Have another extra external hard drive in case I know my computer is going into the shop and I copy the folders onto this hard drive to use on my laptop. I've had a crash in the past and had a shop retrieve my files. My embroidery files came back looking like confetti, like someone took scissors to it and then tried to put it back together again. Not pretty!!!!