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Don't use the same external drive for backup and storage |
June 19, 2014
Marios Papadopoulos stores media files on a 1TB external hard drive. He asked about using the same drive for backup.
Technically speaking, there's no reason why you couldn't use the same hard drive for backing up your internal drive and storing overflow data that don't fit on your internal drive. But doing so is a really bad idea.
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First of all, if there are files you're storing exclusively on the external hard drive, those files need to be backed up. Remember the two primary rules of backup:To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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