Thread: best way to recover data from a faulty external hdd?
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Old 10-17-2016, 06:15 AM  
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Redundant backups onto separate drives and computers (servers) is the best solution I have found. Backups can fail Having a backup.backup in and "air-gapped" location can save the day.

You can buy a USB3 to SATA cable and hook up a SATA 6 drive. You can buy an OEM 1TB SATA6 for $50 - $60 today. Buy 2 and you will have redundant backups. I format as FAT32 or LINUX ext4 -- never trust NTFS

Data is worth money so is time and aggravation -- operating systems can always be reinstalled or replaced.
great advice Barry. This is my next project.
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