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So excited to consolidate my mess of drives and get a big boost to my storage.

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (23 children)

Don't forget to back up to other additional drives!

Consolidating all your data into one drive is very convenient, but if you aren't backing it all up then it's only a matter of time until you lose everything. If you're gonna have a bunch of small drives hanging out you can use them as a backup. You could even set them up into a RAID, but I've never actually done that so i can't vouch for it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I second this! I hope you get many years of service from your drive, but I haven't had much luck with Seagate, personally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Any recommendations for reliable storage? I need new drives but I've put off buying any for years with all the bad reviews and counterfeit products making me weary of any deal that seems too reasonable or model with known issues.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Seagate have always worked perfectly for me (knock on wood). And to avoid counterfeits i only buy hard drives from a physical store of a large retailer chain. You'll pay a little bit more, but really only a very little more, and you'll know that what you're buying is an authentic drive that came directly from the manufacturer

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