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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 305600" data-attributes="member: 13090">Well, the first thing I think we all need to get over is the fact there IS NO perfect solution. There just isn't... The best option, at this point in time, is a Solid State Drive (SSD) followed by a traditional (platter-type), external hard-drives. That, in short, is your answer. For long-term stability and capacity, right now, nothing beats them. My solution, at present, is having an internal "slave" drive (E<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> which holds nothing but data. Not just a partition on the C: this is totally separate hard-drive from the one containing the operating system (the critical difference). The internal slave-drive is backed up to an external hard-drive every month and three months worth of backups are kept. It's external and USB-connected so in a pinch I can grab it and go and take all my data with me in my pocket.Yes, data on hard-drives can become corrupted but by keeping our "data drives", and the data they contain, separate from the Operating System you significantly reduce the possibility of that occurring. As has already been said, there are no perfect solutions. Every storage solution has its potential drawbacks and risks associated with it. It's a "pick your poison" sort of scenario.As I see it, the possibility of data-corruption is one of the risks we assume in exchange for the overall convenience of digital photography. ....</blockquote>

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