I keep hearing people say that hard drives won’t last long and to always have backups. But if it is like that, that means you would have to be buying drives consistently? Has anyone ever had a hard drive work for them successfully for a decade or even more where they wouldn’t have to be buying more?
I have a 250GB external Seagate that is nearing 20 years old. Even made it through a house fire. Still works just fine.