hard drives
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There’s No Excuse For Not Backing Up Your Computer: Do It Now
10At least once a month, some friend or family member asks me how to recover data from a failed hard drive. I help them as best I can, but in my head, my answer is always the same: “go back in time and back up your computer like you know you should have.”
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The Most (And Least) Reliable Hard Drive Brands
Backblaze uses 25,000 hard drives for its online backup service. This has provided some interesting information, such as how long hard drives are likely to last and the difference in reliability between enterprise and consumer drives. Today, Backblaze has spilled the beans on which drive manufacturers are the most reliable.
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Why Enterprise Hard Drives Might Not Be Worth The Cost
Hard drives designed for businesses are generally considered more reliable than consumer drives — after all, they’re used in company servers and important storage arrays. Don’t let the “enterprise” label fool you, though. Data from Backblaze suggests consumer hard drives might be more reliable.
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Ask LH: Should I Compress My Photos To Save Space?
Dear Lifehacker, I’m running out of hard drive space because I have an enormous collection of photos. Apart from getting more storage or culling some pictures, the other option I’ve been thinking about is converting all my images to the WebP file format. It looks like it could compress down to somewhere between 40 to…
