backups

I want to make a backup in my cpanel web hosting without doing one in softaculous. I want to make a backup of the files for my blog and the database and keep them on my own computer instead of in my hosting. Does anyone know if it is hard and how to do it if it is not too hard?

I saw that there are some backup services that will do automated backups of your blog for a fee and I was wondering if anyone thinks those are worth it or if it is just a waste of money. Anyone have any experience or outlook on if backup services are worth the cost?

I have been seeing many people having bad stories about losing their websites because of not having backups so I am going to start a more regular backup schedule and I was thinking about using flash drives to put my backups on since I have many of them. Are flash drives safe to use for our...

I have been making backups of my blog and keeping them on my computer and on my web hosting and I was wondering how long I should keep them for. How long is recommended for keeping backups of my blog? I make them every week or before I do any updates or make big changes so I am starting to get...

Hey everyone, I was reading a couple of articles earlier that were talking about how few people do off-site (not on your hosting) backups of their websites. Personally I try to do off-site backups at least every week or two just in case their is an issue with my sites and the backups on my...