[ale] [OT] Best remote/local backup for less technical?

[j at intte.com (John Anderson)]

I have some older relatives who could use a better backup solution for 
their work files. They work from home and mostly use office files, which 
are not huge. Yes they are running windows.

So, there are two things I am considering, remote backup to one of the 
many services available, and/or a utility to copy the contents of their 
work folder on the laptop over to a usb hard drive in the background.

Any personal experience/recommendations? It ideally should be something 
that I could set up on the laptop and not worry about unless they have a 
crash on the laptop itself. If it takes regular maintenance on their end 
it might not work out.

If I have the files on the laptop syncing to a hard drive do I have to 
worry about unfortunate deletions propagating over?