Many of us have either a laptop,
desktop or another type of system to be
able to do work for school,
for business or any other reason.
And one of the main components that goes along with that is that we're
constantly creating or gathering data using these
systems.
So one of the things that is very important is the fact that you
want to make sure that you're able to save those important
files somewhere where they're going to be accessible as
well as if something happens to that system. And at one day goes kapoot.
You're not losing all that data that you've created or gathered.
And so today I really want to talk about the different storage types that are
out there and the ones that you should be considering to back up your system.
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And so I have different type of storage types for many,
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And let's go ahead and get started talking about storage,
The first storage type, his USB flash drives.
So these are little portable drives that you're able to
insert in your USB port and be able to save the
data in there as well as retrieve the data.
And they have definitely evolved because I remember when I first started using
them and this was probably like in the early 200s,
they could only hold like eight megabytes, 16 megabytes.
And now there's some that can hold like over two to four terabytes.
And I know that a lot of gamers use them for being
a supplement to their hard drive.
So it isn't just with a laptop or desktop,
you can also use it for your gaming systems.
And so it's definitely good to have flash drives around.
I think even companies, um,
they give them out for free.
I don't know if they do it as often as they used to,
but I'm assuming that at conferences they're giving out
USB drives. So definitely it's always good to have a few available.
So then you're able to quickly use it to either get the data
from a system and then be able to put it in another
system, or you're able to just use it, like I said,
to be a supplement to your internal hard drive.
So definitely USB drives are always a good storage type to have
The next type of storage type are the cloud drives.
And there's so many out there.
And if you get a little overwhelmed with all the options that there are out
there, there are multiple comparison tools that you can use.
So go out there and look,
you want to look at how much space you gifts for free,
how much it is if you need to expand it.
And also how easy it is to use it with
the systems that you're using. So for me,
I've used multiple ones,
but then it really came down to the fact that I do use a
PC and a Mac.
And there are some out there that can't handle either the Mac or the PC.
And I had to find one that could actually handle both.
And I'm actually thinking of creating a video of the three main ones that I've
used lately, which are one drive a cloud drive and Google drive,
but definitely cloud drives a really good to have because one thing that I like
is that you're able to have it as part of your finder
or windows Explorer.
And so it looks like a map drive if you've ever used those at work,
mainly that's where you use them.
And so instead of having it on your internal hard drive,
you have it on the cloud and then you can access it anywhere.
One thing to know is the fact that the risk falls on the provider
because you're not the main owner of the servers that are
storing that data. It is the provider.
So you want to make sure that they have good cyber security practices,
especially that the smaller ones.
Cause there are some smaller companies out there that do offer cloud storage
and the price might seem very attractive,
but you have to think that your data is even more
important than what is costing you.
So I love my cloud drives because I'm able to, like I said,
access my data anywhere,
but you don't want to just pick any one.
You want to pick one that actually works for you.
The third type of storage type is an external hard drive and those
are great because they can hold a lot of data.
I have one I've actually had probably three or four in my
lifetime.
And one thing that is really important to know is that if that
thing drops, you lost all your data.
And that's what happened to the last one that I had.
I dropped it and it wasn't even like a hard drop and not being just
completely crashed.
And so that was something that I learned that day was that those
things are very sensitive.
They're very good for just keeping them in one place,
especially if you're like me, that drops everything.
I'm someone who's constantly dropping my phone.
And so if you need an external hard drive,
make sure that you consider some of the ones that have, um,
those casings. Like they're very rugged casings.
I know a lot of content creators prefer those because they're always on the go
and they want something that if it does drop it,
doesn't just need all their data.
So that's definitely a consideration if you're thinking about an external hard
drive, the one that I have,
I just have it on my desk and I don't move it because I learned my lesson from
dropping my last one. But those are really good because like an example,
like right now I am doing podcasts and videos and I
don't want to just delete all that data. And if I put it in a cloud drive,
it would just take up all the stories.
And so it's nice to have an external hard drive that can hold two to four
terabytes of data.
And definitely you want to invest in external hard drive if you are someone
who is very, very data heavy.
So those are the three main stories types. Nowadays back in my day,
when I was younger, we had floppy disc.
I don't think that people are using those anymore. They could be,
there's also CDs,
but I think that's where the normal user they're not using CDs much
anymore,
especially the fact that the newer laptops don't even have a CD
rom reader. So there's no point of having CDs anymore.
But one important note is do
not just rely on one storage type.
So that includes your internal hard drive.
You want to have multiple areas to store your data because of one crashes,
you have the other ones available. So that is one thing to really think about.
So which type of storage are you using? Please let me know.
I would love to know if there's others out there that I didn't even touch on.
I know that I work, there are more options,
but I was really focusing on people who are working from home or
students and other people that are just home and are not at an
office. So let me know what you're using.
And I really hope that you have a wonderful weekend and I'll talk to you soon.
Bye.