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It's A Digital Disease!

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/genie_2023 on 2025-05-25 20:28:54.

Hello all,

I am not sure if this is the right subreddit for it but going to try mu luck anyway.

First a bit of background: I lived in the UK for about 7 years and then had to moved back to India about 8 years ago, quite suddenly. I left a lot of stuff in my friend's garage. This is my first trip back to UK so I am emptying her garage that she so graciously provided to store my stuff. Most of the stuff is going to charity or bin. I am making arrangements to ship some sentimental, emotional value stuff to India.

Now coming to my issue: over the years I have accumulated quite a few hard drives and CDs as data backups. I am fairly sure I have almost all the data in my cloud account but I can't be sure. So here are my questions:

  • Is there a way for me to check this data (USB-A and dvd drives) here and transfer to my cloud?
  • If not, is there a limit for traveling with multiple hard drives? Remember, I am not even sure that they will still work so can't power them on if airport security asks me to.
  • What will be the safest way of disposing these hard drives if either they do not work or if I already have it on my cloud. These hard drives/cds have sensitive personal data and photos so can't discard them unless I am absolutely sure that the data can't be retrieved from these.
  • If this is not the right subreddit for it, would you happen to know where I can post these questions? I fly out on Thursday (writing on a Sunday evening).

Thank you in advance!

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