https://errorzap.com/tags/backup/Recent content in Backup on Error ZapHugoen-usWed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/the-backup-that-hung-forever-on-onedrive/Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/the-backup-that-hung-forever-on-onedrive/A Kopia job sat at 0% all night because it tried to read files that didn&rsquo;t actually exist on disk yet.https://errorzap.com/posts/how-my-own-backup-deleted-my-files/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/how-my-own-backup-deleted-my-files/I deleted nine files on purpose — and my backup node helpfully deleted them everywhere else too.https://errorzap.com/posts/when-your-backup-client-lies-about-its-name/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/when-your-backup-client-lies-about-its-name/A green-lit backup agent that hadn&rsquo;t saved a single byte in weeks, because the machine and the server disagreed about what it was called.https://errorzap.com/posts/the-git-rm-that-deleted-30000-files/Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://errorzap.com/posts/the-git-rm-that-deleted-30000-files/One innocent <code>git rm -r</code> to untrack a folder, and 30,209 notes vanished off the disk in a single keystroke.https://errorzap.com/posts/google-drive-and-onedrive-are-not/Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:48:00 -0600https://errorzap.com/posts/google-drive-and-onedrive-are-not/Google Drive and OneDrive are sync tools, not backups.If ransomware hits or files get deleted, they sync that too—straight into the void.☁️ Backup Rule 101