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Originally Posted by byronyu u should definitely back up. I've only had one harddrive fail on me before, but it just has to happen once. WHen i thought about backing up, i toyed with the idea of just putting another hd on my pc, but if both the primary hd and back hd are on at the same time, it's just a crap shoot. If one ends up failing, how long before the other on possible could? so instead of buying just 1 replacement hd, i'd have to buy 2 for peace of mind.. endless cycle. Figured the best way was to have the back up isan external hd that's only on when backing up. I don't use any fancy software. I just copy the files i want backed up once a month. For me, i'm mostly backing up music and pics, so they don't get updated as often, i know exactly what to backup. |
Originally Posted by kwitel is there a particular brand of ExHD that you guys recommend, and what software do you use to synch? Also, dont they degarde over time? Do you know if Nero can synch for you? |
Originally Posted by pedxing Hard drives do degrade over time. I wouldn't worry about it because it would take a long long long time. The magnetic particles on the platter will affect each others' magnetic fields over time, neutrallizing the encoded data. This is one of the challenges perpindicular writing had to overcome. To put it into another perspective, you can low-level format your drive like a 100 times and a hard drive specialist can still recover some or all of your data with special equipment. The only way to guarantee the destruction of data is to melt the platters into slag. |