It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/enchantingsunsetblvd on 2025-06-14 05:00:52.

Hello. I am a newbie to data hoarding as far as HDDs and such go. I currently am downloading all of my photos and videos from one of my laptops onto an hdd. I’ve seen things about dropbox, amazon glacier and most of all backblaze. Which is best? To be honest the whole process is confusing me at this point as far as HDD backups go.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SmartAverageCanadian on 2025-06-14 04:11:38.

188channel was a forum that was purged recently without any notice. I'm trying to recover some pages by saving cache copies.

Google deleted cache in 2024 and Bing followed suit. Yandex has a few pages that I was looking for which I have saved. I'm going through web archive now.

Any other search engine or database that keeps cached pages that I can check? Search engines are better since I can search for exact pages I'm looking for

edit: it is .com not .net

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Hanstein on 2025-06-14 04:10:30.

Title Edit : Discs, not Disks

Just Recently I came across a storageful of CDs (VCDs, DVDs, CD ROMs), Hard Drives, and floppy disks, from my workplace, containing files spanning from 1993-2019.

I had no problems recovering the files from the hard drives and floppy disks, because my office had kept an old rotting pc from 2004.

But some of the CDs refused to let me copy its files.

All the files are readable, just can't be copied.

And each of them has either one or two of these attributes:

• scratches
• fogs, a term I'm using to describe smudges that are on the surface of the CDs, can be felt with fingers, can't be wiped off, felt like if someone applied a superglue on a glass surface.
• clouds, a term I'm using to describe smudges that are BELOW the surface of the CDs, CANNOT be felt with fingers, can't be wiped off

I didn't know the technical terms for these damages, so I made up my own

How do I fix these types of damages? note that all the files are readable, just can't be copied.

Edit 1 : It's company that has been operating from 1979, and I've managed to digitized their other physical documents and memories. so, yay OCD.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/RomantasyFaerie on 2025-06-13 22:08:18.

So I am a digital book/comic hoarder. I am looking for some kind of storage solution that is relatively inexpensive (under $300 or so) that offers the following options:

1. Accessible Anywhere - My household has 2 smartphones, 1 desktop, 1 laptop, 2 PS5s, and a Smart TV that would use the system. Not necessarily all at once.

2. Wireless file transfer - less cords the better outside of an ethernet and power cord

3. Decent storage - not looking for a 16TB solution, I believe 4TB would be a solid max

Note: I am not incredibly savy with things like a NAS so please explain in simple terms. Thank you!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Wild-Ear6711 on 2025-06-13 19:52:00.

So as I mention I am noob in it . I know I can google it youtube courses etc. I just want to grab information from already experienced guys in this field.

I just want to store save data that can be helpful for future as lot of them are vanishing as I am a seeder it will help me also

So what main point Important thing I needed to setup At low cost i can find thing at low cost I just need the overall setup requirement etc etc

What script I needed etc What software to run the setup etc Do I need to continue run the setup or I can switch off

Please dont be mad i genuine want to gain experience from you guys

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DogCommunist on 2025-06-14 01:17:54.

Hello all, I am currently in possession of terrabites of game clips/recordings. I want to do some sorting and move lots of things to a new external drive, so far I have only ever used the usual windows default, but I heard that there is better stuff out there. What do you use to transfer large files to a new drive?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Kenney93 on 2025-06-13 23:16:06.

It's giving me "404 Error". I need to get this Mangarock IPA . I don't know what happened to it since it was working fine when I checked it back in feb... please help me I need that ipa T_T

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Ospina888 on 2025-06-13 23:08:18.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kogohar on 2025-06-13 21:55:00.

I recently downloaded a specific torrent of Beavis and Butthead after realizing what's available on streaming doesn't have a lot of the original music videos and some episodes. The only place to find the original non-special edition of Star Wars is online. Classic Looney Tunes aren't streaming anymore. I'm sure there are also plenty of leaks and censored news media that would be worth archiving. Is there anything you recommend people go out of their way to backup? Does a list exist somewhere with list of essential torrents or downloads like this?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Inceleron_Processor on 2025-06-13 19:54:13.

I live in a town house in the poorest county in the whole state, so you get this kind of behavior frequently. I have the drives off the ground about 12"(30cm) on a shelf and I have foam padding under them. They are in a doc station standing upright.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Ardbert_The_Fallen on 2025-06-13 19:48:32.

I typically just search YouTube, which gives greatly varying results. Once in a while, there is a wonderful result.

I was wondering if anyone has heard of a website that compiles or otherwise has links to the best footage per band perhaps?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/nemuro87 on 2025-06-13 18:38:52.

I have a Synology 423+ and I bought this 4tb USB external HDD.

Apparently the power draw it requires to function is bigger than what the NAS can supply and I can't get it to mount.

I couldn't find in the tech specs of that Seagate Backup+ slim what is the power draw, but if you know one external 4TB drive that requires less power, please let me know before I go out and get an external NVME enclosure which would make it 2x more expensive, but that one apparently doesn't require as much power and gets recognized by my NAS.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ActOpen5799 on 2025-06-13 18:23:19.

I’m creating a tool to download and convert online videos to MP3 for my personal collection.

How do you handle organizing large audio archives from such downloads?

Any tips on batch processing or maintaining quality while keeping file sizes reasonable?

Looking for advice on best practices for managing and storing these files long-term.

Thanks!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AggressiveEmuSlut on 2025-06-13 17:08:32.

So I'm looking to upgrade my server chassis.

My current one has 120mm fans in front and behind the hdds and keeps the drives around 30-35c

I'm looking at 20+ hot swap bays chassis and they have no fans at the front (because hot swap) and behind the hot swap bays is a gigantic PCB that interfaces with the hard drive bays.

Then behind that is a row of three 120mm fans.

It just seems like the server will suffocate?

I don't see how it's sufficient cooling at all.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Gold_Marionberry9607 on 2025-06-13 15:14:28.

Hey guys, I'm looking for a solution to back up my gaming system (Windows) to my Unraid server. It should:

• be operated by the server
• wake up the gaming PC at 2am and shut it down again
• compress and only save changed data
• back up automatically once a month and only keep the last 3 backups

-back up the whole PC (2 drives, 6TB total)

I would be very thankful for help 😅.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kim82352 on 2025-06-13 13:14:06.

Windows 11, about 10TB, minimal daily changes (less than 1GB)

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/f00d4tehg0dz on 2025-06-13 12:58:18.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Candid-Pause-1755 on 2025-06-13 11:17:56.

Hello everyone,

I have an ICSEE camera and a while ago I was using an app that let me read footage directly from the SD card into my PC . The app was called DiskPlayer and I downloaded it from the official ICSEE website. When I opened it, I could select the SD card and view the footage.

If I tried to open the SD card through File Explorer, it wouldn’t work. It would just ask me to format the drive, which is normal because it can’t be read that way.

Now, when I go to the ICSEE website, I can’t find the DiskPlayer app anymore. There’s another app called Players for PC, but when I install and run it, it only shows a four-panel screen and doesn’t let me connect to the SD card.

The old Disc Player had a sidebar that let me browse and open the SD card, but the new one doesn’t.

I know there are ways to view footage on a phone, but that’s not what I’m looking for. I need the original DiskPlayer app for this specific task to vivew the footage on my PC. If anyone still has the installer, please share it. ...Or if you know where to find it on the ICSEE website, I will be really graetful

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SpinCharm on 2025-06-13 10:12:26.

This is very premature but I keep seeing bitrot being discussed.

I’m developing bitarr, a web-based app that lets you scan storage devices, folders, etc looking for bitrot and other anomalies.

You can schedule register scans and it will compare checksums generated with prior ones as well as metadata, IO errors etc in order to determine if something is amiss.

If it detects issues it notifies you and collates multiple anomalies in order to identify the storage devices that are possibly at risk. Advanced functions can be triggered to analyze the device if needed.

You can scan local files but it’s smart enough to determine if you try to scan mounted or network systems. Rather than perform scans across the network, bitarr lets you install a client on each host you want to be able to scan and monitor. You can then initiate and monitor scans done on other hosts in your network as well as NAS boxes like Synology etc.

It’s still a work in progress but the basic local scanning, comparing and reporting works.

The web interface is still based on a desktop browser since that’s where it will primarily be used, but it can be used on mobile browsers in a crude fashion. The screen shots I’ve linked to are of my iPhone browser so unfortunately don’t show you much. As I said, I’m prematurely announcing bitarr so it’s not polished.

Additional functions will include the ability to talk to *arrs so that corrupt media in your collections can be re-acquired via the arrs. There will be low level diagnostics that will help determine where problem areas in a given storage device reside and whether it is growing over time. You can also use remapping functions.

Anything requiring elevated privileges will require users to provide the authorization. Privilege isolation will ensure that bitarr only runs with user privs and can’t do anything destructive or malicious.

Here’s some bad screen shots. https://imgur.com/a/gW7wUpo

Happy to discuss and hear what things you need it to be able to do.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/riponmohammadrp on 2025-06-13 10:02:09.

As the Title says, are these 2 a good combo for day-to-day use, data transfer, data storage and for video recording directly to the SSD from my iPhone 15 Pro and S25 Ultra?

I'm wondering if there are any other options for a good enclosure, and is the 990 pro overkill for me? Should I stick to 990 EVO?

Appreciate any suggestions 🙏

Here are the product links as well.

UGREEN Magnetic M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure with

https://amzn.eu/d/38ZwJNQ

&

SAMSUNG 990 PRO M.2 Internal SSD - 2 TB https://amzn.eu/d/bHICCwi

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/DaUltimatePotato on 2025-06-13 08:47:01.

I have a folder that's synced to the cloud, but how do I recover its contents if the folder or files within it get corrupted? I know you can backup individual files, but this would be very time consuming if I had to reassemble the entire folder and all of their binaries by hand. I thought about using a script that compresses a folder as a potential workaround, but I'm not sure if Google Drive saves version history for that.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Kelevra_Slevin on 2025-06-13 07:12:51.

I'm running mergerFS + snapRAID for the first time. I have 12 drives running on an LSI 9305 16i HBA. 10 are data drives (a mix of 4TB and 5TB drives) in a mergerFS union, and 2 are parity drives. I'm running proxmox & a VM (ubuntu server) that handles mergerFS and snapRAID.

I just transferred about 31TB from my old NAS to this new server. Transfer went fine. But now I'm trying to run snapraid sync, and as soon as the process starts, I see ~150MB/s, ~58 stripes/s, CPU 2%, ~67:00 ETA.

But after about 5 minutes of normal progress the speed starts to fall steadily. After a couple more minutes, it's down to 30MB/s.

The final chart (after I terminate it) always says it's waiting on my parity 1 disk, but I don't really know how to troubleshoot it from here.

NOTE: I actually just noticed that it seems to be exactly when it crosses the threshold of 60000 MB. I've run 2 repeat tests now, and the speed drops *exactly* when it hits that number. What could that possibly indicate?

Any help would be appreciated. I dumped a bunch of time and money into this new server, so if my wife doesn't see notable improvements in plex pretty soon, I'm dead...

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/EchoGecko795 on 2025-06-13 05:53:24.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/cheater00 on 2025-06-13 05:36:53.

I've been looking for a simple way to create a NAS to share a bunch of drives on the network, and I couldn't find anything, so I made it myself. All you have to do is install Ubuntu, run the install script from here, and that's it. All connected hard drives are now shared on the network. All drives you connect in the future will also be shared. The OS drive is not shared, but otherwise, there's zero security. It's for people who are on a secure network and just want to get at their files.

Wonder what everyone thinks and if there are any suggestions on how to do things better. I hope this helps someone.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/loorana22 on 2025-06-13 05:36:45.

Is bit rot a real concern for data stored on 24/7 spinning hard drives, as well as for data on external hard drives kept on shelves for years?