From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:29:28 -0500, Paul
wrote:
>On Wed, 2/11/2026 7:17 PM, micky wrote:
>> In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:07:12 +0000, Java Jive
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2026-02-11 13:58, micky wrote:
>>>>
>>>> OT I'm going out of town for 3 months, and I'm 1) making an image of my
>>>> SDD before I go, and 2) separately backing up all my data except maybe
>>>> the stuff in the User folder, on two diffeent drives.
>>>>
>>>> Should I take drive 2, my 2.5 inch spinner data backup drive, with me?
>>>> I'm afraid I'll lose it, because of the airline or somewhere else, and
>>>> I'll have nothing. In the past it never even occurred to me to take
>>>> it.
>>>
>>> Recently I spent some time away over Hogmanay helping a cousin sort
>>> through the last (I hope) of his family documents, which involved doing
>>> a lot of scanning. Besides the scanner, I took two identical and
>>> identically set up laptops and several 120GB USB sticks. I kept the
>>
>> NOw that you say USB sticks. That is so obvious. I can live the
>> spinner at home and take a flashdrive, which is smaller anyhow.
>>
>> I'm pretty smart, but I'm also slow.
>
>They also make larger-capacity USB sticks.
>
>Buy them from a reputable source.
>
>Examples of some premium units.
>
>https://www.tomshardware.com/best-picks/best-flash-drives
>
> https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oLLUokYysx8Nffxc3bKqbb-1200-80.png.webp
He's got brands like Mushkin that I've never heard of. Isn't that the
brand that Daffy Duck uses?
>A 2TB one is listed as unavailable, and as near as I can determine locally,
>there is no longer a lot of stock of garbage USB sticks near me. The supply
>seemed to dry up last year, and the boards holding them on hooks were
>getting thinner and thinner on stock.
>
>But at least that shows you that larger capacity ones nominally exist.
You've talked me into it.
> Paul
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