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What are the advantages of backing up to an external hard drive?

April 26, 2017advantages backing external hard drive

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What are the advantages of backing up to an external hard drive?

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Mainly speed. No other backup media, including tape or optical drives can read or write data as fast as a SCSI, IDE, or SATA hard drive. Also, having one large storage volume, which is typically attached to your system, makes it easier to quickly access your files in the event that you need to restore something quickly.