<p>[Essential</a> Computing Info for New Undergraduates](<a href=“ITSWeb Home - UVA ITS”>ITSWeb Home - UVA ITS) </p>
<p>The above link is official computer advice for new students. Scroll down the page and it also describes storage options that are provided for students by UVa. In any case, everyone should have a portable drive that you don’t carry around with your laptop. You can now buy a one terrabyte portable drive on sale for under $100. (It is even better to keep one of your backups in a different room in case of a fire). </p>
<p>I wouldn’t personally depend entirely upon a cloud backup - some people have lost all of their files when a website was closed down.</p>