Nicholas 5th Gear March 8, 2013 Share March 8, 2013 Never use external HDD to back up your data. Use DVD instead. External HDD is not reliable at all cos many things can fail especially the USB cable. I don't use external HDD anymore. Only use DVD. Make 2 copies instead of 1 and you won't lose your data. Please bear in mind that you'll have to replace the DVD every 10 years to avoid DVD failure. Why not blu-ray? It's highly scratch resistant compared to dvd. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manmaster 2nd Gear March 8, 2013 Share March 8, 2013 Why not blu-ray? It's highly scratch resistant compared to dvd. I also consider cost when i do back up. I read that those gold coated disc would be able to last 30 years but not sure true or not. Ordinary DVD should be able to last 10 years but will depend on the climatic condition. If you live near the sea, I can only say bad luck...hee hee hee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holdenutessv Turbocharged March 8, 2013 Share March 8, 2013 NAS with Raid 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpleman 1st Gear March 8, 2013 Share March 8, 2013 Tape drive for consumers is dead. Storage industry has killed this archiving media. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas 5th Gear March 8, 2013 Share March 8, 2013 I also consider cost when i do back up. I read that those gold coated disc would be able to last 30 years but not sure true or not. Ordinary DVD should be able to last 10 years but will depend on the climatic condition. If you live near the sea, I can only say bad luck...hee hee hee. But how many DVDs you need to backup 1TB? But yeah, I waiting for BD price to drop. :) HDD nowadays anytime gone, backup important files to hdd and online server. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahjong74 Supercharged March 8, 2013 Share March 8, 2013 I recently bought a external hard disk backup plus seagate 3T after 2 weeks it die on me and cannot be read because it is now RAW had to go to a data recovery centre the questions are: 1. are there any reliable reports on the most reliable hard disk for consumers (not talking about hard disk to be used in NASA space craft) 2. if yes what brand - Lacie 3. backup sounded a bit ridiculous, used a backup drive to backup another backup drive 4. most company writes life span of 5years but warranty only 3years 5. backup with DVD - any issues, backward compatibility thanks nope the answers provided will be useful for others too 1. Reliable report always quoted 99.95% or 99.98 reliablility. No report will quote 100% for x years. 2. Any brand. Nowadays most brands manufacture from same country. 3. Current trend is NAS with RAID since price has lower by a lot. 4. Most company give 3 years warranty with option of additonal 2 yrs. Sometimes need to ask. 5. Limited storage size and prone to scratches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysc3 Twincharged March 6, 2018 Share March 6, 2018 anyonoe come across any offer for 1tb portable HDD ? cheapest i can find now is $70+5(delivery) for canvio on q10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 I got the Lenovo 2T portable hdd fromm Qoo10 for $88 + $5 shipping during Christmas sales. Been using it on my company pc since the new year. Working fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 Usually how long would a external hard disk last ah? I have backup my photos only on one external hard disk, this hard disk very long liao, so far so good. If one day the disk failed, then all my photos would be gone forever. Lol. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 Usually how long would a external hard disk last ah? I have backup my photos only on one external hard disk, this hard disk very long liao, so far so good. If one day the disk failed, then all my photos would be gone forever. Lol. I dont know. My first portable hdd is a 300gb WD My Elements. It has been like 10 years plus and yet to fail. It is now being used as a digital tv recorder hdd and still going strong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 I dont know. My first portable hdd is a 300gb WD My Elements. It has been like 10 years plus and yet to fail. It is now being used as a digital tv recorder hdd and still going strong. Think my hdd also should have 10 years and still working le. Lol. Thats why now i scare wait one day it failed then die liao. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysc3 Twincharged March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 Usually how long would a external hard disk last ah? I have backup my photos only on one external hard disk, this hard disk very long liao, so far so good. If one day the disk failed, then all my photos would be gone forever. Lol. calculate the MTBF then minus 1 year to play safe lor ... and try not to drop it or throw at your cat/dog. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 calculate the MTBF then minus 1 year to play safe lor ... and try not to drop it or throw at your cat/dog. If i were to transfer the current data to another HDD, it would be a ''big project''! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysc3 Twincharged March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 If i were to transfer the current data to another HDD, it would be a ''big project''! don't worry ... USB3.0 very fast one ... although I haven't try yet ... still using old system ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianli Hypersonic March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 If i were to transfer the current data to another HDD, it would be a ''big project''! I transferred 2Tb data to another HDD when I upgraded to a 4Tb new desktop storage. Now thinking of getting another 4Tb desktop storage as the current one left with little space already. My car camera video footage archiving is eating up lots of hdd space. Both my 2Tb and 4Tb almost full liao. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysc3 Twincharged March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 I transferred 2Tb data to another HDD when I upgraded to a 4Tb new desktop storage. Now thinking of getting another 4Tb desktop storage as the current one left with little space already. My car camera video footage archiving is eating up lots of hdd space. Both my 2Tb and 4Tb almost full liao. power !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartlander Turbocharged March 7, 2018 Share March 7, 2018 Usually how long would a external hard disk last ah? I have backup my photos only on one external hard disk, this hard disk very long liao, so far so good. If one day the disk failed, then all my photos would be gone forever. Lol. It is best to buy a NAS with 2 internal HDD configured under RAID 1. RAID 1 configuration means the 2 HDD would mirror each other, so if 1 fails, can simply pop a good one in and it will copy everything from the other HDD. That means you spend twice the money but get only the capacity of one, but definitely worth it. A cheap NAS from Dlink would cost about $150. Synology would cost more but more established brand. And configuring is very straight forward. Internal HDD must buy those NAS category that can last longer, just bought a 3TB that cost $165 from Lazada: https://www.lazada.sg/products/wd-red-3tb-nas-35-internal-hard-disk-i134782395-s156919135.html?spm=a2o42.searchlist.list.17.2eb835e6XMorWb&search=1 My NAS used to have only 1 HDD, and always worry about HDD failure that would wipe out > 10 years of my phots/videos. Now can sleep better. ↡ Advertisement 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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