eisenach
pfm Member
All my photos are scattered about on the original SD cards they were shot on, the various laptops they were viewed/edited on, but all backed-up on a WD 1TB usb external HDD and two 3TB WD MyBook NAS drives, the contents of which are identical. One of the NAS is a Duo, so it makes a copy of the first disc to the other. The NAS also store the music, with that also backed-up on another WD Elements external usb HDD.
The external 1TB back-up HDD died last night as I was about to add some of the latest photos to it. It's about 6 years old, but has never had a very hard life, being used maybe 3/4 times a year to update and everyday for three weeks during the annual autumn holiday to the French alps.
Question: What do I replace it with ? Cloud storage is not very practical as the internet is sloooooowww. Just get another (maybe 2TB) HDD ? Is it worth paying extra for a SSD ? Are SDDs really more secure than spinning HDDs? I've even seen 2TB flash drives at "cheap" prices on Amazon, although the reviews seems to suggest that they're a scam.
What do you suggest ? I don't want to spend a fortune, but I don't want to lose my photos either. Thanks in anticipation. I did do a forum search before posting but didn't find anything much.
The external 1TB back-up HDD died last night as I was about to add some of the latest photos to it. It's about 6 years old, but has never had a very hard life, being used maybe 3/4 times a year to update and everyday for three weeks during the annual autumn holiday to the French alps.
Question: What do I replace it with ? Cloud storage is not very practical as the internet is sloooooowww. Just get another (maybe 2TB) HDD ? Is it worth paying extra for a SSD ? Are SDDs really more secure than spinning HDDs? I've even seen 2TB flash drives at "cheap" prices on Amazon, although the reviews seems to suggest that they're a scam.
What do you suggest ? I don't want to spend a fortune, but I don't want to lose my photos either. Thanks in anticipation. I did do a forum search before posting but didn't find anything much.