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Do I need a storage upgrade? Looking for most reliable outboard storage
MakersMarc:
So I amazingly got my "new to me" Lenovo T440 all set up and all my post software downloaded for free. Nice computer thanks for all the suggestions.
One question: I have all my recordings and a lot of ripped GD live releases on a three year old Passport Ultra. Noticed the warranty is three years. Should I be upgrading or what? Not a Cloud guy but want to minimize chance of loss.
Thanks!
heathen:
Remember there are two types of hard drives: those that have failed and those that will fail. It's only a matter of time. Get everything backed up ASAP. How you go about backing up your data is up to you...there are a lot of options. The easiest is probably to just get another external and copy everything onto it.
adrianf74:
--- Quote from: MakersMarc on April 27, 2018, 11:50:34 AM ---So I amazingly got my "new to me" Lenovo T440 all set up and all my post software downloaded for free. Nice computer thanks for all the suggestions.
One question: I have all my recordings and a lot of ripped GD live releases on a three year old Passport Ultra. Noticed the warranty is three years. Should I be upgrading or what? Not a Cloud guy but want to minimize chance of loss.
Thanks!
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Look at investing Hard Disk Sentinel Pro. It runs with very little load but constantly monitors the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard drives or SSD. It's a life-saver in that if a drive is getting ready to fail, you'll know well enough in advance and have time to replace the bad drive. HD Sentinel Pro will also read the status of USB drives as well but only while connected.
As Heathen said, there are only two types of drives; that's VERY true. I've got some drives that are six or seven years and doing well and had a few others that didn't even make their first birthday. And as far as brands, everybody's had their experiences. I've had EVERY brand of drive fail on me over the years so a drive is a drive in that aspect.
Hope some of this helped.
MakersMarc:
Hugely helpful thanks!
twatts (pants are so over-rated...):
I've got all my junk of several HHDs...
But after I lost my Trey Archive, I signed up for BackBlaze. Now I have all my stuff backed-up on line...
Not perfect, but its better than losing my Trey Collection again...
Terry
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