I have just had a third external hard drive die on me for no apparent reason. It's so unbelievably infuriating! Nothing happened to damage it - it was simply working one day and not the next.
I was still within my one year warranty, so I took it back to the shop and they told me they can replace it, but have to send the broken one back in tact and won't be able to recover my files. Alternatively, I can pay someone hundreds of pounds to recover my files, which will also invalidate my warranty so I won't be able to get a replacement. What a joke!
What's worst is that this has happened to me twice before - the exact same situation. I'm thinking of just renting out a dedicated hosting server - just one server just for me to store all my photos, videos etc. But would it be more reliable and less likely to fail on me? Who knows?!
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