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How long do external hard drives last and what do people mean when they say to make backups? (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/invincible2727 on 2025-04-17 16:45:10.

I've been reading about people who have had hard drives corrupt randomly and they lose everything. They also get told that they should have backed it up. What do they mean by that? Back it up where? Do they mean you should buy ANOTHER hard drive and just copy the data on there? I just want to buy a 4TB external hard drive so I can rip Blu Rays onto it, so should I buy two of them and download everything onto there twice?

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