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3.5" HDDs?

Aww, I got all excited because I read that as 3.5" FDDs, and got nostalgic for the noise... and installing Windows from like twelve of the bastards.

Yeah, nothing like CRC error nostalgia.

And then you read up on bit rot and HDDs dying when not used for a long time, and there goes the fuzzy feeling. :(

Just wait until you read about what happens to those cold-storage SSDs!

I dont laugh, just hope you store it at different locations.

One is always co-located at parents in law. Whenever I drive there with my family I take the newest backup and rotate it.

Just in case I was robbed or had a house fire.