Hi! My name’s Tiger, and I’m struggling to keep my data stored.
Every external storage device I’ve purchased has eventually had to be sent to repair services and be promptly replaced within a two to four year span - I’m now on my third harddrive, and have decided that I need a change to my approach.
I am a college student with tons of personal digital memorabilia, from movies to OSTs and historical documents. After a period of time, the drives I’ve bought have consistently taken ages to mount & unmount, face a myriad of widely-spanning technical problems, and then promptly refuse to work. This has led to the decision that they will never, ever leave my areas of residence for fear of some whimsically-inclined failure. So I’m down on my luck, and thought I’d ask y’all for help since you folk seem dedicated enough to have some tips!! :D
I suppose a list of what I’m generally looking for in a storage device would be helpful:
- Can be safely relocated, but incredibly rarely
- Can be accessed with immediacy (ie direct cables and not network shenanigans)
- Loads files at an incredibly accessible speed
- Preferably functions out of the box, some set-up is fine if it needs updates or a wizard, hesitant if it requires additional purchases
- Doesn’t require a 24/7 connection to a computer
- Is not OS-dependant, can be formatted to be read by anything
- Offers 5TB of storage or more
Thank y’all so much for reading!! TwT If I sound douchey, do let me know.