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Internal or external drive for backup?
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Mar 15, 20264532 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I've got a spare drive, and thinking about using it to keep as an internal bootable backup to replace my current external bootable backup. It would free up an external drive, and a usb port. Is there a strong case to be made against keeping a bootable backup inside the case vs. outside? (There are …
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I would personally have an external drive for backup. Here are the reasons why: If the backup drive is internal and the power supply fails in the PC, it can short everything out. I've seen it before where it has fried the motherboard and hard drive …
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