Remember, if you've copied almost 4 TB of data to external drives, what happens if they die? External drives frequently fail and if you don't have a backup of those drives, you'll lose it all.
And I don't recommend using cloud storage as it can be unreliable.
So, "sounds like you need more and bigger hard drives to keep all your data and backups of such data..
Hope this helps.
Grif
I have 2 x 2TB seagate ext. HDDs. The one frequently used for storage of music, video and precious material, has now around 790GB remaining.
I still have a fair bit more of the same kind of data to add, but am unsure what to do. Frankly, it was a bit of a unknown as to how much would be required from the outset, but now I have a much better idea. And it is too little.
So, for others here who may have had the same experience, what possibilities can you recommend to overcome this issue? Cost is a bit of an issue too.
Thanks.

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