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Currently have 1 hard drive for all my photos, how would I approach making backups without a cloud subscription? (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/losingitatinybit on 2025-06-11 00:27:14.

I am a university student and not really in a position to make a commitment to paying for a cloud service monthly. My current routine is transferring my iPhone photos to my 2TB HDD every month using the iCloud website and then deleting the photos from my phone (for storage); this leads to me only having one copy of all my photos.

Do I need to buy a new hard drive every 2-4 years to make a back-up? Or should I buy another one immediately?

I keep my hard drive in its original packaging in a cabinet so I hope that’s okay in terms of storage. I also read about printing photos out and making a photo album which is a unique solution which, in addition to some journaling, seems very worthwhile.

Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

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