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DataAug 31, 202611 min read

External hard drive not showing up? Stop before you initialize or format it

If an existing external drive suddenly disappears, “Initialize” and “Format” are not harmless repair buttons. Here are the preservation-first checks to try before doing anything that writes to the drive.

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DataJul 20, 20264 min read

Your backup plan in fifteen minutes

Cloud sync for the files you touch daily, an external drive for everything else, and one calendar reminder to check it. That is the whole plan, and it beats the elaborate setup you never finish.

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