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[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

LOLS, relying on WD's external drives for critical backup was a big mistake.

I have a WD NAS but it's an older one. I use it as media storage. I'd end up missing a bunch of movies but that's about it. I can't imagine using an NAS for anything absolutely critical except as cloud storage where a computer also has a backup (therefore not the only copy that exists).

[–] [Deleted] 0 points (+0|-0)

I'd already read horror stories about WD externals before I needed to worry about backups, that's why I backed up my files to DVD.

[–] ScorpioGlitch [OP] 0 points (+0|-0) Edited

That's only good for 5 to 8 years unless you got high quality ones. And unless you made a specific point of getting archival quality DVDs, you did not.

Correction: many can start failing after 2 years: https://larryjordan.com/articles/the-life-span-of-dvds/