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  1. SineWave liked PulseWave's post in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    Blu-ray In principle, Blu-ray, which means "blue ray," is a further development of CDs and DVDs. However, Blu-rays have up to eight...

    Today at 3:00 AM
  2. SineWave rated iswingwood's post Agree in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    I highly recommend the enterprise/NAS drives, particularly the Seagate EXOS or IronWolf drives. I occasionally buy certified renewed...

    Today at 2:57 AM
  3. SineWave rated PulseWave's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    CrystalDiskInfo - A HDD/SSD utility software which supports a part of USB, Intel RAID and NVMe. The free software CrystalDiskInfo...

    Today at 2:56 AM
  4. SineWave rated Synclavier's post Funny in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    MiddleFingerDrive from Katech Solutions "Hard enough to keep the Queen smiling" ...for 50 years

    Today at 2:56 AM
  5. SineWave rated twoheart's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    No matter what you do, there is no guarantee that any given data carrier (Paper, HDD, DVD, BluRay, SSD...) will last a certain amount of...

    Today at 2:55 AM
  6. SineWave liked saccamano's post in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    Optical is good, but I have found that system backups are rarely ever static except for a few servers I have. Which is why I prefer...

    Today at 2:52 AM
  7. SineWave rated oldmuso's post Agree in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    I only buy Hitachi/Western Digital data center helium drives and put them in a USB 3 tower attached to my 4 drive Windows NAS micro...

    Today at 2:52 AM
  8. SineWave rated Xupito's post Funny in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    RAID 0 The rest is for pussies [spoiler]

    Today at 2:51 AM
  9. SineWave rated forart.it's post Funny in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    Cloud storage is the way to go: https://hosting.aruba.it/en/aruba-drive.aspx

    Today at 2:51 AM
  10. SineWave rated StarDaze's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    I have had my WD 2tb external hdd for about ten years and hasnt sl·lowed abit

    Today at 2:50 AM
  11. SineWave replied to the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    Good ones should last a veeery long time. Just refresh the data once a year or two years, and you can take it to your grave with you....

    Today at 2:50 AM
  12. SineWave rated Kate Middleton's post Funny in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    i wish hard drives lasted 50 years. maybe i have to make my own hard drives.. that would flip the entire computer market upside down

    Today at 2:45 AM
  13. SineWave liked Midge F's post in the thread RIP Gary "Mani" Mounfield of The Stone Roses/Primal Scream.

    Fab bassist and a fab person. Too young. Rest in Peace, Mani. He was in his element, here. [MEDIA]

    Yesterday at 6:08 PM
  14. SineWave liked PulseWave's post in the thread RIP Gary "Mani" Mounfield of The Stone Roses/Primal Scream.

    Rest in peace Mani! [img] The Stone Roses - Breaking Into Heaven [MEDIA] The Stone Roses - Driving South [MEDIA] The Stone Roses -...

    Yesterday at 6:08 PM
  15. SineWave liked FrankPig's post in the thread RIP Gary "Mani" Mounfield of The Stone Roses/Primal Scream.

    [ATTACH] https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/20/gary-mani-mounfield-the-stone-roses-and-primal-scream-bassist-dies-aged-63...

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  16. SineWave liked Plendix's post in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    I try to avoid helium filled ones for long time storage. Usually I end up buying 6 or 8tb drives, always 2 drives from different...

    Yesterday at 5:45 PM
  17. SineWave rated Zenarcist's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

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    Yesterday at 5:45 PM
  18. SineWave rated Zenarcist's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

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    Yesterday at 5:44 PM
  19. SineWave rated paul_audioz's post Agree in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    Well, you must have had bad luck then. I have 2 Seagate's running for 10 years or more. No problem. One is 2 TB (7200 rpm) and the other...

    Yesterday at 5:44 PM
  20. SineWave rated clone's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    The magic trick to having a hard drive still work after twenty years in a time capsule is all about climate. You are not putting wear...

    Yesterday at 5:43 PM
  21. SineWave rated ItsFine's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    I have Western Digital My Passport external drive. Stable and reliable for years. My Passport Ultra version too. And if you want...

    Yesterday at 5:42 PM
  22. SineWave rated PulseWave's post Useful in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    I already have a backup of my C:/ drive. Then I have two Samsung 4TB Portable SSD T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen 2 Black drives for €700. I...

    Yesterday at 5:41 PM
  23. SineWave rated tzzsmk's post Agree in the thread Looking for a reliable external hard drive for archiving..

    doesn't matter, either HDD fails within few days, or lasts long enough you'll have more problems finding a computer to connect to 20...

    Yesterday at 5:40 PM
  24. SineWave rated nenemalo's post Agree in the thread What happened to Bob Dule?.

    A few weeks ago the site of our beloved Bobdule and his wonderful work disappeared. I did a Google search to see if there was another...

    Wednesday at 7:57 PM
  25. SineWave rated Jedi_Knight's post Useful in the thread What happened to Bob Dule?.

    Yeah, his profile is missing from here too. Him and I used to go back and forth in PM...and those messages are gone from my inbox now.

    Wednesday at 7:57 PM
  26. SineWave rated Josef B11's post Agree in the thread What happened to Bob Dule?.

    Hey, just a few days ago i realized bob deleted all his kontakt library tool videos from youtube, and today there's no longer a website...

    Wednesday at 7:56 PM
  27. SineWave rated Will Kweks's post Useful in the thread Cloudflare outage.

    Huh, I wrote a small userscript to display the input box properly when using Dark Reader (the comment editor is in a separate iframe so...

    Tuesday at 7:18 PM
  28. SineWave liked Synclavier's post in the thread Cloudflare outage.

    Abominable Cloudflare could be the legendary monster I really hate it, it’s making the internet an even more miserable place, hope...

    Tuesday at 7:18 PM
  29. SineWave rated PoptartBoody's post Funny in the thread Cloudflare outage.

    Thank god I did post nut clarity before it happened :shalom:

    Tuesday at 7:17 PM
  30. SineWave rated Will Kweks's post Agree in the thread Cloudflare outage.

    My closest CF endpoint was affected too. Everything points out to some massive internal SNAFU, this is the first official word (via...

    Tuesday at 7:17 PM