It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Important_Tangelo340 on 2024-09-05 23:59:12.

Hi all, hope you can help. I have about 700GB of photos and files on a Seagate external drive. I only use it a few times a year to back up my photos and files from my laptop. It still works after 10 years but I am worried it may start loosing data as it's been a long time. I'm trying to copy it all onto my Google Drive, but it's taking hours, it's extremely slow. I'm trying to do the transfer folder by folder instead of everything in one go. Does anyone know if there's any way of transferring it faster? Would it be more beneficial or faster to buy a new external drive and transfer the files onto it first? Thanks in advance.