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Originally Posted by PamWinterReturns
Thanks. They seem to both be hit or miss. I?ll look for more space so I can backup and use as an external HDD. I found one when I moved but have no idea what size or speed it is. Hopefully I?ll find it again when unpacking the last boxes.
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This is starting to sound like you're "archiving" (moving files to another disk) rather than "backing up" (keeping two or more copies of the same file)
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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
Why waste money on another hard disk? Buy an SSD drive instead. They won't suffer from a head crash if you drop it, they're 50 times faster, lighter, and use alot less power.
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SSDs are overkill for bulk storage. They're not indestructible, either - out of the 11 SSDs I have purchased in the past ~8 years, 6 have failed. A couple lasted less than a year.