On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 11:45 AM, JMZ <[email protected]> wrote: > Ugh, I thought that was the case. Magnetic storage is inexpensive these > days. It'd be unprofitable for a manufacturer to develop a five-year or > seven-year hard drive. :-( >
IMO; get the enclosure vs. a dedicated hdd... this allows for just purchasing the drive as the enclosure will last longer in most cases. about $40US for the enclosure. I recycle older drives with life left in them which have come from laptops (i.e. I upgrade my my laptop to ssd and now have a 1G platter drive with <100 hrs on it., etc.) for general use. More sensitive data get put on more reliable drives which I purchase for the enclosure or in my case I purchased a dedicated NAS of 4G. Glad I could help. Good luck and get those back-ups done. -- Fred
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