So what do you use then? That was my original question.
Mostly HDD(s). I go for units with 5 year warranties such as as the maker isn't going to give you an HDD that is likely to fail during the warranty period (though they can).
I remember having great luck with Maxtor HDD(s) but then a new drive died in about 12 days and the replacement only last 48 hours. The next one was still running fine until the size limit made it unuseful to me.
Something I learned the hard way is always uncable data HDD(s) when partitioning a new drive. I had a boot HDD running hot so I was creating a HDD to replace it. This was way back with Windows NT. I had a crash that took out the master boot record and four drives. I used Phoenix data recovery software but lost 30 Adobe PSD files that were recovered as thumbnails only. I had one backup of my Nikon NEF files on a small, external USB-2 drive. It was two weeks out of date but Phoenix rescued that two week period fine. I recreated the Photoshop files as needed.
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If we have another "Carrington Event" is an old microwave oven enough protection for a few digital items?
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Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer
Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer
The future's uncertain and the end is always near
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll
All night long
Writer(s): Don Airey, Ian Gillan, Robert Ezrin, Steven Morse, Ian Paice, Roger Glover
Apparently Jim Morrison was drunk when he recorded this song. The album was Morrison Hotel, 1970
In one day I saw both the Morrison Hotel (front cover) and the Hard Rock Cafe (back cover) just south of LA civic center. I was driving a light delivery truck for a printing company. The intersection at the Hard Rock Cafe wreaked of vomit.
