I filled a 8 TB external drive full of ROMs. If I put it in storage, will it be okay in say 5 or 10 years?

I don't know when I will want to access it, but let's say a decade? Would it last that long?



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"We are losing everything"

In the post where they mentioned Myrient is shutting down, some comments really got me thinking.....
One guy wrote: "It almost feels like we’re slowly losing everything" and that was right.


As many others have pointed out, considering all the lost media and the fact that in a few years we’ll be lucky to even own a physical PC (since corporations want us to pay for the privilege of owning nothing, pushing clouds and other bullshit) the direction we're headed in really does seem to be one where we lose all and own nothing.

And like another user mentioned (and I agree), this decline actually started years ago....
With the migration of online forums to discord around 2016/2017, for instance, or the shutdown of countless websites with content now lost....

But how much truth do you guys think there is?
Are we really reaching a point where we won't own anything at all and lose all?

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Blu ray burner recommendations?

So I want to burn movies onto blu ray and also dvds, and I want a good burner that isn’t too expensive. I’ve looked around on internet for a little and can’t really find one to buy. So if anyone could give me some tips to what to look after or a model you’d recommend I’d appreciate that.

Also if someone has software recommendation for authoring blu rays and dvds and one to add menus to dvds and blu rays. I don’t mind having multiple apps but if someone knows of a app that has it all that would be amazing.

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First NAS received, looking for HDD advice
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How obsessive are you?
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First NAS received, looking for HDD advice
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What is your one wish right now? In terms of data-hoarding of course?

I wish a certain site would lift all download restrictions for a week. ZERO RESTRICTIONS. So, I can download all the contents that I want to preserve. But I can only dream.

I have other wishes too, of course. But for now, this is the main one as I have a ton to archive.

What is your one wish right now? What do you want to hoard and are you able to get it?

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Toshiba N300 Pros any good?

I don't have a NAS. Don't need a NAS. But I'm getting into hoarding and looking to add some internal HDDs to my desktop for archiving data and maybe some long-term seeding. Preferably 2 large drives in RAID1 for redundancy. My poor 4TB Barracuda has taken too much abuse.

Looking at options in my area, local parts store is selling 20TB Toshiba N300s at $20/TB. They're NAS-rated drives, but cheaper $ per TB than the desktop-rated Toshiba X300 counterparts. I can't find much for reviews on either...

Alternatively, they've got a handful of 10TB WD Blues at $22/TB if that's better for my setup because they're desktop-rated.

Any recommendations? Preferentially whatever's quietest since it'll go into my desktop.

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Italy introducing a "Cloud Tax", introducing a monthly fee per gigabyte of up to €2.40 per user. Fees for smartphones, PCs, and hard drives are also being increased. (translated article in comments)
https://www.hwupgrade.it/news/web/copia-privata-arriva-la-tassa-sul-cloud-pagheremo-anche-per-lo-spazio-online_150590.html

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Recommended ways to store the actual HDDs themselves that are not in use?

I have many HDDs at this point of backups and other data lying around, and I am worried that they will get damaged just lying there like that. I wanted to see if I could find any type of storage case or container for them on a budget, and I found a few on Amazon, but of course they all have their good and bad reviews. So I wanted to ask here if anyone had a good way to store a few dozen or so HDDs without it costing a fortune.

I saw these:
https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Portable-Protective-External-Anti-Static/dp/B018VKBYWI

Which looked good but then I saw the reviews about it not fitting some drives and that the foam is apparently not anti-static.

I was also looking at this:
https://www.amazon.com/GLOTRENDS-Protection-Resistant-Photography-B86/dp/B01LXO6HLG

But I am worried that it the foam does not completely cover the drives, and again, not anti-static. (Also worried it might be too big to store the case itself)

Does anyone have any suggestions for a good way to store around a dozen HDDs? Preferably without breaking the bank?

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What was the first thing you saved as a data hoarder?

I’m curious about how everyone here got into data hoarding. What was your first project?

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How could I upload an entire youtube channel to internet archive?

There's a channel I like who's planning to end once they're done with a particular series, and I couldn't really tell if that means they'll just abandon the channel after or it's going to completely disappear. I'm wondering if there's a way to archive the entire channel to IA just for sentimental reasons in case they meant complete deletion.

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Hard Drive Advice?
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I can’t believe this single drive had more space than the entire NAS I first built (5 x 4TB).
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should i return this ?
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What is the best system to organize personal media of 10 years?

I have huge amount of data (pictures, videos, screenshots, notes) from many years of backing up the phones i use, emptying my camera memory many times after travels. This media extends to 10+ years of accumulated content and over 4tb.

How can i sort through all this mess?

I made a simple directory like: photos - videos - pdfs etc.. based on file types. And inside i am sorting using the person in picture. For example photos folder has few folders: me - gf - dad - mom - sister - best friend etc...

Is this a good system? And can someone suggest me a better way?

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openclaw file system io handling is a complete joke

you cant just dump gigabytes of unstructured context into a single sqlite blob and expect posix file systems to not choke on the disk io. their inode allocation strategy is literally non existent and it maxes out drive throughput on basic retrieval tasks. absolute fubar storage architecture. and btw i keep seeing people astroturfing r/myclaw in this sbu. the sub is completely useless trash. pure copium from people who never scaled block storage

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Helium Low drive dying - need advice on new drives please
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1i7zmf4/helium_low/?share_id=Uqmgfg7NQ-Iwl_qz7ONL0&utm_content=2&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=1

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Samsung T7 500GB SSD 3-1/2 year / 42-month archival test complete.

Samsung T7 500GB SSD 3-1/2 year / 42-month archival test complete. - Post Production - Cinematography.com

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Another great example of why you need to have extra backups

Today, everything that could go wrong, did. I woke up this morning to my computer working normally. It was still fairly early, so i was going back to bed. I slept for another two hours and when i woke up, i noticed my computer was off. It did not turn back on after that. This hardware failure has led to an unconfirmed loss of two drives (unconfirmed, but im assuming the worst, since i wont be able to test them for three weeks). These were my main 22tb storage drive and one back up of it. During my trouble shooting, i pulled the power supply from my server to use it for testing and accidentally snapped off a sata connector on my second back up drive. Thats three drives down in one day. At this point im annoyed at the bill for a new drive right now, but im not anxious or worried. This still leaves me with one on site back up left, and another back up 2000 miles away all packaged up and ready to ship to me at a moments notice if i need it.


I have experienced data loss before, and it sucks; and while yes, there is a chance that power failure did not damage my drives, i would never bet on it. Always have back ups for data thats important to you. The cost of an extra hard drive is nothing compared to the pain of total data loss.

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