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

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[-] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Obviously. I'm not actually recommending tape drives or optical, but rather that you simply do not leave your drives unpowered for 5+ years straight.

[-] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 3 months ago

Optical might actually be an option for the most important data

Asterisks asterisks, I know :D

Tape drives though...I wish they would be more common and cheap.

[-] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

It's not necessarily the spin up that's the problem, but the fact that a magnetised bit doesn't last forever.

[-] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, but hardly because they planned on it. Don't use unpowered drives to store things! A safe bet is still a bet, data storage should not be a gamble.

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