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OP explicitly mentioned HDDs in their post; they do not want to be transferring data to a new HDD every year, or two years, or five years.
by jjulius 6y ago
OP explicitly mentioned HDDs in their post; they do not want to be transferring data to a new HDD every year, or two years, or five years.
- chrisseaton 6y agoWell that's why I asked what I'm missing! It's just one command to copy from an old HD to the new HD? Takes me all of 30 mins once a year.
- webmobdev 6y agoYou have to save your important data in multiple mediums to keep it safe. This is in case one medium fails. Obviously, cost being a factor, optical disks is one of the mediums to be considered despite all its other downsides (slow transfer speed).
- tomcam 6y agoNot trying to be rude or sarcastic here: what is that command? Certainly in my experience on both macOS and windows, the default operating system GUI mass copy invariably poops out halfway through, with no explanation as to why. Maybe something like this? rsync --archive --acls --xattrs --checksum --vvv /src /dest