In my last post about SSD storage, I introduced you to my friend Dave. Dave is getting into data hoarding with aggression and he keeps
How to destroy a hard drive with bleach
As a datahoarder I am constantly buying new hard drives and consolidating the contents of old ones. I personally wipe the old drives in software
What does the term “rip cd” really mean?
If you’ve ever wondered what it means to “rip a CD” then you’re not alone. This question is asked at least once a month on
Which OSI layer does iSCSI operate at?
In my last post about SSD storage, I introduced you to my friend Dave. Dave is getting into data hoarding with aggression and he keeps
What does 128GB SSD mean?
Today’s post is a bit unusual and possibly not of much interest to fellow data-hoarders. It comes in response to a question I was recently
Can you use Rclone with BT Cloud?
I recently changed my broadband ISP and decided to switch to BT Fibre. I’ve had fibre from BT in the past (back when it was
What’s the meaning of shucking a hard drive?
If you’re new to data hoarding and have been reading about it on blogs, forums, Reddit, etc. you’ve probably seen people talking about shucking hard
How reliable are flash drives for backup?
If you’ve been hoarding data for any amount of time, you’ll probably already have a pretty sophisticated backup system in place. I’ve lost data in
How to destroy a hard drive with bleach
As a datahoarder I am constantly buying new hard drives and consolidating the contents of old ones. I personally wipe the old drives in software