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Is it worth it to separate external drive in several partitions? (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Cototsu on 2024-09-24 08:33:05.

Sorry for the bad lingo.

I have a USB 2'5" 4Tb Western Digital external drive which I've been using simply for archiving large amounts of data and occasionally use it.

One time I noticed that one song I could previously play without an issue can't be played anymore. I suppose it was due to a bad sector and the fear of loosing my files due to the sheer size and, probably, lack of proper sorting has been beconning on me recently.

Would separating my drive on 4/8 (1Tb/500Gb) partitions be a good solution and/or should I try using programs that allow to sort and store the data in an optimized way?

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