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Are USB hard drives really reliable enough to backup to?
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Mar 15, 202613214 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I've been reading about backup solutions and have come across a number of people saying they use a USB external hard drive as part or all of their backup solution. Are USB hard drives really sufficiently reliable to use for backups? From what I read in the past (e.g., Why I'm done with portable har…
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"...part or all of their backup solution." USB HDDs for part of the solution is okay. For all of the solution, it's not a good idea. When you plug in your USB HDD, your entire backup medium is now online and writable, on the same machine which has y…
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