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Using "old" laptop hard drives to use and cold storage. (zerobytes.monster)

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/twiggs462 on 2025-03-08 00:46:53.

I have acquired about 25 laptop SATA HDDs that range from 320GB to 500GB... these drives I have formatted and cleaned off and did a surface test with no errors.

If I wanted to use them for storage of ebooks, mp3s and video. Would it be ok for general storage and not access everyday?

I have a NAS, it has a single volume backup. These would be my 3rd backup option. Thanks for any advice. I prefer to not pitch them. Thought this made sense since I have a dock to read and write to them.

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