PC Hardware advice (Page 3): You have the exact system I have. I have the OS and programs on the SSD and data files on the 1TB internal drive, backing up to two external drives daily.

Erik_H Loc: Denham Springs, Louisiana

mborn wrote:

I have the same computer but upgraded ram to 32 GB usinh=g crucial memory Have an Internal 256 SSD drive and a 1 TB internal all my photos are on external drives all backed up by BackBlaze. I am upgrading my internal SSD to 512

You have the exact system I have. I have the OS and programs on the SSD and data files on the 1TB internal drive, backing up to two external drives daily. Works great.

jpendasulo Loc: TN

amfoto1 wrote:

Solid State Drives are very fast... but are NOT recommended for long term storage of important data. This from a friend of mine who is a manager and production engineer for one of the top manufacturers of SSDs and HDs. They've gotten better, but do not have the reliability to store irreplaceable data securely. SSDs also are still quite expensive compared to standard HDs.

I have been using them for years as system and data drives with no problems. The improved performance is worth the small risk.

The long term storage problem was related to using SSDs to store data and then turning off the power for long periods of time. This can happen if you take the drive and put it in storage as a backup or turn off the power to a computer and don't use it for a while.

I always have multiple backups of critical files on hard disks. Any storage media has a risk of failure.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Kuzano wrote:

And please note that the default for Windows for File Indexing is "ON". It needs to be turned "OFF" on SSD drives.

As I recall, when I installed the Samsungs, they automatically turned those settings off. I believe it was the Samsung transfer software that did it. Their drives come with an installation disk, and the first two I bought also included the free transfer cable.

alandg46 Loc: Boerne, Texas

All this talk has me thinking about building a new one, computer, I mean. A thousand bucks ought to do it.

Erik_H Loc: Denham Springs, Louisiana

alandg46 wrote:

All this talk has me thinking about building a new one, computer, I mean. A thousand bucks ought to do it.

You can build a pretty nice system for a grand.

alandg46 Loc: Boerne, Texas

Erik_H wrote:

You can build a pretty nice system for a grand.

Yup and I would be keeping all my HDD's, monitors, case and power supply. I'm thinking along the lines of an i7, 32gb ram, Gigabyte mobo, nVidia video card.

I would probably buy a case and power supply and take another HDD I have lying around and put that all together and give it to somebody.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

jimmya wrote:

I've been using WD externals for several years with little or no problem. A good brand.

Same here. The only ones that have died on me were other brands.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

amfoto1 wrote:

Solid State Drives are very fast... but are NOT recommended for long term storage of important data. This from a friend of mine who is a manager and production engineer for one of the top manufacturers of SSDs and HDs. They've gotten better, but do not have the reliability to store irreplaceable data securely. SSDs also are still quite expensive compared to standard HDs.

Yes, sadly that seems to be the case. Speed seems to influence people (too much).

Kuzano

jerryc41 wrote:

As I recall, when I installed the Samsungs, they automatically turned those settings off. I believe it was the Samsung transfer software that did it. Their drives come with an installation disk, and the first two I bought also included the free transfer cable.

Easy one minute check....

right click on the SSD drive in This PC or File Explorer (libraries) and left click on properties. The box for file indexing will be UnChecked.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

rthompson10 wrote:

My dell desktop where I've been storing/editing all of my pix has run out of hard drive space, to create space now while I decide on a fix I've offloaded onto a little passport backup drive. I think my best bet is to get and external hard drive and move all my photos to that

Thoughts? Also aware that I probably need additional backup in addition to the passport drive
Thanks!
RT

Seagate and Western Digital both make excellent external drives. Your desktop either has a USB 3.0 port or you can add a card with one or more. USB 3.0 is many times faster and the newer external drives will use it. I just added a Seagate 5 TB hard drive, that I use for both full backups and for regular storage. It will work with the older USB 2.0, but really sings with the USB 3.0.

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Reinaldokool wrote:

Seagate and Western Digital both make excellent external drives. Your desktop either has a USB 3.0 port or you can add a card with one or more. USB 3.0 is many times faster and the newer external drives will use it. I just added a Seagate 5 TB hard drive, that I use for both full backups and for regular storage. It will work with the older USB 2.0, but really sings with the USB 3.0.

Watch your Seagate I have had 2 5 TB drives fail recent purchase

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Reinaldokool wrote:

Seagate and Western Digital both make excellent external drives. Your desktop either has a USB 3.0 port or you can add a card with one or more. USB 3.0 is many times faster and the newer external drives will use it. I just added a Seagate 5 TB hard drive, that I use for both full backups and for regular storage. It will work with the older USB 2.0, but really sings with the USB 3.0.

No they don't. Their external drives are their cheapest consumer gear.

Better to order a USB3 case, and pick up a bare WD Black, WD RE, Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 - excluding the Black, these are solid enterprise quality drives widely used in data centers - all of the above come with no-questions-asked 5 yr warranties, and cost less than $200, even in 4TB sizes.

This way you can sleep at night.

All joking aside - these are far less likely to fail than the consumer multiple terabyte things you get for $110 these days.

alandg46 Loc: Boerne, Texas

Gene51 wrote:

No they don't. Their external drives are their che... (show quote)

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