It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/atakangoek on 2025-05-26 21:48:08.

(WD WDA4NC40000N)

It's an old NAS i have full of data i hoarded and i would like to use again, however i've tried everything but the firmware seems to be dead, reset didnt work and i cant find any official firmware boot usb downloads from WD as their support "ended support" for sharespace and no firmware about it is available to download anymore as far as i can see. any help is very welcome, i don't wanna throw this into e-waste since i don't have any money to buy a proper NAS and I would hate to give up hoarding.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/as_ms on 2025-05-26 20:31:40.

Hi Im a IT Security Specialist and looking for a recommendation.

I was thinking about a Synology NAS with RAID 6 or Similar.

Do you have another recommendation? I don't want to store Copyright Data only things from data breaches or smth.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/privatewong06 on 2025-05-26 18:20:35.

Hi! Quick question from a tech novice.

I used to use two USB flash drives to store my video & photo files, & as you can probably guess, both of them spontaneously died, & I lost everything. I have learned my lesson since then & I am now using two external hard drives for storage. I did read that their life expectancy only last about 3–5 years, so I’m trying to take better care of them so they last as long as they can. For example, I only just learned that I should be safely ejecting them instead of just unplugging them (rookie mistake, I know). Now I want to organize my files better, things like renaming them, adding tags or comments, maybe even rating them with stars (I noticed some files can be rated out of 5 stars), so that I can find some files easier. But I came across a post saying that doing stuff like this to USBs can make them fail faster.

So here’s my question: Does organizing or editing metadata (like renaming, tagging, or rating files) shorten the lifespan of external hard drives too? If it does, should I do all that organizing on my laptop first & then move the files over? Would copying the files back to laptop, editing them, then copying them back to the external hard drives also decrease the life expectancy as well?

If it helps, I believe (not 100% sure) that both of my hard drives are Spinning drives (HDDs).

Thanks in advance for any advice!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/fl4tdriven on 2025-05-26 17:09:04.

I’m in the process of putting together a NAS for home use and recently picked up a couple WD HGST HUH7212ALE604 factory recertified (0 hours) drives to start with. Through my research, I’ve read in many places that it’s a wise idea to run smart long test and/or badblocks as an initial burn-in.

I understand that because badblocks was not originally intended for modern HDD’s, it’s best practice to adjust the block size (-b 4096) to match the HDD. My confusion comes into play here:

If these drives are showing Logical Size = 512 and Physical Size = 4096, am I only concerned with the Physical Size? If I was to use a block size (say -b 8192) that was not the same as the HDD, would that harm the drive in anyway? Does badblocks have the capability to unintentionally reformat a drive?

With all of that said, is badblocks still worth it in 2025? I appreciate any and all advice!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/BowzasaurusRex on 2025-05-26 17:07:38.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/JellySaurus97 on 2025-05-26 16:06:09.

I want to purchase this hard drive but I noticed it is certified refurbished instead of manufacturer certified refurbished. How much does this matter?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ZjY5MjFk on 2025-05-26 15:27:01.

I'm not looking for the songs themselves, as that's probably against reddit rules.

But I'm looking for a LIST [names of artist/song] of top 100 songs by decade starting in 1900s to today (for USA). Format needs to be in some type of format that could be consumed by script/program (that is, csv, json, xml, plain text even, etc)

Any hints on where I could find this? I've searched the web and get various results of varying quality, but was hoping someone knew of a master list.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ricardo_feynman on 2025-05-26 13:14:26.

I have about 100 VHS tapes that are a combination of tv shows, movies, etc recorded off of broadcast tv. All labeled on the label of the tape. With the chance of some home movies mixed in somewhere.

I have zero time or “proper equipment (s-vhs, tbc)” to archive the tapes, and commercial services won’t touch anything that is trademarked media.

Any suggestions? I struggle tossing them with the amount of broadcast history that could be there.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Hamm3rhart on 2025-05-26 12:30:23.

Hello community,

I’m currently planning a DIY NAS. I have most of the parts lined up, but I’m still unsure which hard drives to pick. More space for less money is great, but I don’t want a helipad in my living room. And sadly i dont have a spare room or a basement i can place the server in, so only the kitchen, livingroom or bedroom. Not to mention the bathroom xD

Has anyone here had experience with how loud Seagate Exos drives get when they’re in a RAID set handling constant reads and writes? Is the noise unbearable, or would sound-proofing the case make sense? I would be sitting 2 m away from it on the couch. There are currently 7 external Seagate drives with 6TB each at the sameplace in a locker and the sound is hearable but not annoying or anything. For comparison if that helps.

Seagate IronWolf Pro 20 TB vs. Seagate Exos X24 24 TB

For context, the plan is to run Proxmox as the host with a TrueNAS VM on the following hardware:

• Case: Fractal Design Define 7 XL (Black Solid)
• PSU: Seasonic Prime TX-1600 (80 Plus Titanium, ATX 3.1, fully modular)
• Motherboard: ASUS Pro WS W680-ACE (LGA 1700, DDR5, PCIe 5.0/4.0, ECC-UDIMM support)
• CPU: Intel Core i5-14500 (14 cores / 20 threads, 65 W)
• CPU cooler: Noctua NH-U12S redux + NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM
• Memory: 2 × 32 GB DDR5-4800 ECC-UDIMM (64 GB total, 2 slots free for future expansion)
• Boot / VM drives: 2 × Kingston DC600ME 960 GB Enterprise SATA SSDs (PLP, 1 DWPD) – mirrored
• HBA: Broadcom / LSI 9305-16i (16-port SAS/SATA, PCIe 3.0 ×8, IT mode)
• HDDs:
  • First batch (now): 8 × Seagate Exos X24 24 TB or Seagate IronWolf Pro 20 TB, RAIDz3
  • Second batch (later): +8 matching drives to populate the remaining bays
• Network: Dual onboard 2.5 GbE (Intel I225-V) – 10 GbE NIC planned for a future upgrade

I’d love to hear about anyone’s real-world experience with these hard drives.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/OkReflection4635 on 2025-05-26 08:16:12.

Hi all, I created a GUI application named Kemono Downloader and thought to share it with you all for anyone who may find it helpful. It allows downloading content from Kemono.su and Coomer.party with a simple yet clean interface (PyQt5-based). It supports filtering by character names, automatic foldering of downloads, skipping specific words, and even downloading full feeds of creators or individual posts.

It also has cookie support, so you can view subscriber material by loading browser cookies. There is a strong filtering system based on a file named Known.txt that assists you in grouping characters, assigning aliases, and staying organized in the long term.

If you have a high amount of art, comics, or archives being downloaded, it has settings for that specifically as well—such as manga/comic mode, filename sanitizing, archive-only downloads, and WebP conversion.

It's open-source and on GitHub here: https://github.com/Yuvi9587/Kemono-Downloader

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/fdjadjgowjoejow on 2025-05-26 13:34:30.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YD3G568?language=en_US

I received an alert this morning but it has been 3 plus years since I last purchased storage and I don't know if this is an exceptional deal now a days or Just Meh. TIA.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Gerudah on 2025-05-26 12:25:58.

Sorry if this violates rules but for my fellow australians JB HI FI has buy-one-get-one free (cheaper one is free) on ALL 4k's and blu rays, movies, tv boxsets, the whole lot. AFAIK there is no limit either just bought 16 myself and half were free so.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/pc-master-builder on 2025-05-26 12:22:19.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Dude_Abroad on 2025-05-26 09:02:07.

Hello folks, to make it short, I bought this HDD off eBay for a few bucks and it‘s fully functional, checked S.M.A.R.T Status and it also has not many hours of usage on the clock.

Built year is 2018, it‘s supposed as a Backup Drive. It won‘t be connected 99.99% of times.

I do have had some Seagate drives in the past and I‘ve never experienced a failed HDD in my life, but read several negative comments on Reddit regarding this drive. Even my oldest cheap a$$ drive I bought as a child is fully functional.

Should I be concered? Apparently this drive is working fine since 2018 already…

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Heavy-Tourist839 on 2025-05-26 08:44:43.

This is to any Indians on this sub. Where do y'all get bulk storage like >1TB hard disks, or used SD cards and stuff for cheap ?

I've looked everywhere its just so expensive to buy hard drives here. Meanwhile everyday I see Americans getting better deals on storage than Indians, even though 50 bucks is waaay more for Indians than in america

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CiaIsMyWaifu on 2025-05-26 02:29:41.

Some inspirational music for you, but ever since the ease of use of saving what you want to save online via Youtube, that problem of "Whoops video was removed or deleted" with no indication of what it was has remained. I experienced it 15 years ago, and I experience it now. With videos and content being more complex and needing more space to save locally, I don't store as much offline. Maybe if hard drives were 100 times bigger than they are now it wouldn't be an issue for me.

What I'm wondering is, in all of your knowledge in preservation, has any script or addon or site been created that will live backup playlist titles/descriptions when given access to an unlisted playlist? surely someone has unless youtube just blocks these types of requests

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Virtual_Sweet4317 on 2025-05-25 17:38:58.

Original Title: Has anyone found a fix for TikTok full hd because it’s been 2 weeks since full hd videos stopped working and now only download in 576p when I was able to download 4k TikToks and in hdr and Instagram also used to be 1080p now it’s 720p

If anyone has a work around pls let me know

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/tenclowns on 2025-05-25 16:20:04.

Looking a bit around. Want a solution that is best able to download media files and whole webpages. Cyotek webcopy seems a bit slow to me. I see Offline Explorer recommended on here when i go to search. Is this a reliable software. I see there is an Enterprise edition with more robust features as well.

Looking for some feedback from anyone with experience

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kuro68k on 2025-05-25 16:04:33.

I need to scan a load of LP and Laserdisc covers. The problem is they are 32x32cm, or about 12x12 inches.

You can get A3 scanners that are big enough in one dimension, but too short in the other. Some have a flat edge so that you can scan in two halves and stitch the images together, but they are quite expensive. Viisan make one for about £300, and Plustek make one for about £550.

Are there any good and cheaper alternatives?

I looked at taking photos but the results aren't great unless you have a quite large rig with well controlled lighting and a good camera. LP and LD covers tend to be glossy.

There is also the Fujitsu (now Ricoh) Scansnap power scanner which has an actual 1D scanner head in it, not a camera. It would need multiple passes to get the whole cover and the DPI is only about 150 near the edges, which is a bit low for archival copies. I want to capture the detail of the printing method, and then de-screen and downscale for viewing.

Even an A4 scanner would be okay if it had two flat edges, but the only ones with flat edges that I have seen are Plustek and those only have one flat edge.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/vitamins1000 on 2025-05-26 06:58:49.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/FrostyDrinkB on 2025-05-26 03:50:11.

Looking to increase my storage capacity for shows and media. Not sure why its so much less expensive than the WD drives. I'm new to this. Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Voodoo_Boi_69 on 2025-05-26 01:29:40.

I think I've figured out all I need to with this app except one thing. How do I turn off downloading the 'cover' image. With each video there's a small 'cover' thumbnail. I have a lot to download so I don't need to sift through and delete every other file. Keep in mind I'm dumb so keep it simple lol

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Normanras on 2025-05-26 01:21:00.

Perhaps this is a newb question. I think I understand the software side of things and how to expand your pool (need to research expanding raid), but how about from the hardware side? If you buy 4 new drives are you buying a 4 disk enclosure and adding a SATA port/card to your machine?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CoderStone on 2025-05-26 01:11:14.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/screw_ball69 on 2025-05-26 00:25:21.

I'm looking for a affordable disc drive, speed doesn't matter I can wait, I do care about accuracy though.

I'm mostly going to be ripping music and DVDs but maybe the occasional BluRay if I find one cheap somewhere. There is very little chance that I'll need to rip UHD discs since there are better ways to obtain that media.

TLDR: need drive to rip out of print media.