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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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How to get cheap drives? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am new to this sub and often see people getting 10usd/TB sometimes even less, how do you guys achieve this? Second hand? What are some things or red flags I should watch out for buying HDD from someone other than well known retailers? Sorry if this had been asked a millions times before.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

what do you guys think about direct import(no warranty from the manufacturer, the seller claims zero power on hours)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

the seller claims zero power on hours

It is possible to reset SMART.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No warranty = no purchase.