It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/dontworryimnotacop on 2025-06-25 20:17:38.

As some of you may know, Pocket is shutting down and deleting all user data on October 2025: https://getpocket.com/farewell

However what you may not know is they don't provide any way to export your bookmark tags or the article text archived using their Permanent Library feature that premium users paid for.

In many cases the original URLs have long since gone down and the only remaining copy of these articles is the text that Pocket saved.

Out of frustration with their useless developer API and CSV exports I reverse engineered their web app APIs and built a mini tool to help extract all data properly, check it out: https://pocket.archivebox.io/

The hosted version has a $8 one-time fee because it took me a lot of work to build this and it can take a few hours to run on my server due to needing to work around Pocket ratelimits, but it's completely open source if you want to run it for free: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/pocket-exporter (MIT License)

There are also other tools floating around Github that can help you export just the bookmark URL list, but whatever you end up using, just make sure you export the data you care about before October!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/ben_roeder on 2025-06-25 19:58:15.

I am looking for a couple of people to help test a new offline file system. Features. Linux with certain usb hub/ controllers and needs a usb relay for total power down. All meta data is cached and the drives are only spun up for read and modification operations. I am going to open source the whole thing soon, but want to get a few willing volunteers to test to keep the load down.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Ampleforth84 on 2025-06-25 19:06:07.

Hey all

My Mom (who was my offsite backup) threw away all my external drives in a mental episode, and then I lost all the files on my Mac when I upgraded to the latest OS. Needless to say, I’m unhappy and want to make sure I have a solid, dedicated backup of my data through a cloud or backup program to prevent this from happening again. Right now, what I have left is data scattered across multiple cloud platforms, and it’s a mess.

I basically want an external drive on which to store my personal music, photos, docs etc, but on the internet. I REALLY don’t want to use a cloud that syncs to my devices, just like you wouldn’t want your external drive to do. But I don’t wanna not be able to see/work with my data or pay extra to download my files either.

Is there a cloud or backup program that could work like this? I’ll have to download everything off various clouds, use some sort of deduplication program, and then have to re-upload them to the backup program…

TYSM!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/3usernamemustbe20 on 2025-06-25 17:20:52.

The 3 countries are Somaliland, Kosovo, and N. Cyprus

I've searched around and see others with the same issue but never seen an update. Wondering if it's a lost cause

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/MisakaMisakaS100 on 2025-06-25 15:10:48.

I have been using both software, but have run into problems. When both are in used, the file explorer and both of the software will freeze and crashes. Hard disk sentinel will stop responding and drivepool will have missing disk...While the file explorer will freeze or not detect harddrives. Drivepool and file explorer will work normally when hard disk sentinel is close. Anyone using both experience the same issue? and any fix and advice to the issue?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kiachi13 on 2025-06-25 14:31:54.

So read the sub wiki and found nothing about M-discs (might have overseen it. Sorry in advance if i did)

As of my research so far the best option and most secure are the M-discs. I only see people going with HDD and SSD here on this sub eventhou from of my experience hdd wear out after some year and sometimes loses data and SSD the same but after loger period of time or if left unpowered for very long time (which is essential in my case now)

So my question here what is the best option to reserve memories and media for very long time?

Are tapes an option in my case?

I've already lost some precious media that were stored on old laptop so i want something that is permanent.

My decision after the research is Archgon star UHD with BD M-discs 25/50/100GB

Edit 1: budget currently with the Archgon about 300€ and space needed currently around 400gb (still need to organize them). After that about 200€ annually and the storage will be adjusted to the budget.

Edit2: the 400gb are for NOW (my current 2tb hdd is 6 years old and barely in usage so i want to save the importantstuff on it before i lose them which has happened before). This will go up by alot later.

I want offline storage so clouds are out of the question for this specific things.

I already have 6 tb storage on my pc (4 hdd and 2 or 3 ssd), 2tv external hdd, 2tb betweem phone and tablet and 512gb sd card. All regular use data are on them.

I want something that is long time storage and could be forgotten for years (10+ years wothout power possibly) without damage

Thank you in advance for help.

If I missed an important information lmk and I'll edit it.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/CanisMajoris85 on 2025-06-25 14:16:08.

So I'm looking to get a few 24tb Exos recertified drives (3-4) and a few days ago they were listed at $269.99 or perhaps slightly lower but now they went up to $279.99 and the inventory has gone down from like 90 to 35. The ST24000NM000H is what I'm looking at now and the 000C was listed a week ago then taken down but now relisted today with only 5 in stock. Using it for Plex as my current 5x 12tb setup is reaching its limit and I'd snagged those 12tb recertfied drives when they were around $75 each.

If these 000H sell out will they just list like a 000X model right away (no clue what letter) or could I potentially not have a 24tb drive to buy for a few weeks until they restock? I've noticed the refurbished 24tb have been sold out for days now. I don't really follow it enough I just know even recertified prices have gone up a ton in the past year as I'd paid like $75 for 12tb drives from them in the past and now they're $150 for the same thing.

Ideally I'd like to hold out for Prime Day in hopes there's some sort of deal for 24tb drives, and I don't want Barracudas which I know would be cheaper. Is it even worth holding out for these 24tb recertified drives to drop back down in price around Prime Day since I can hold off a few weeks from purchase? Does Serverpartdeals ever do sales around July 4th or Prime Day that people know of?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/matias997 on 2025-06-25 14:01:54.

I bought a class from this page but it's very slow and clunky so Id prefer to download it and see it offline but I can't seem to get the URL to download it with YT-DLP.

Can anyone give me a hand and point me to the correct url?

wingfox.com

If anyone can download any preview video it's the same video player for the class videos.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/GothBoiCliqueeeeee on 2025-06-25 10:16:07.

Hi all,

I have a mint/new SSD arriving from Amazon warehouse - with a claimed damaged box.

I know from past experience with general items, things described like this are brand new - with people literally returning because of a small rip on the box.

I've never bought a HDD like this though. I'm worried someone has swapped their old dying one in the box ect.

Is there some kind of software that can check how long the SSD has been used for - or to check if it has been used?

Thanks!

Edit: It's a Crucial drive

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Vegetable-Way-5766 on 2025-06-25 10:06:50.

It's a Seagate 4 TB hard drive I've only had it like for a 2 to 3 years.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Distinct_Law_3708 on 2025-06-25 08:11:26.

Basically, I'm a non-tech guy struggling to migrate from OneDrive to pCloud. I paid for RiceDrive, which sucks, by the way. I tried transferring in smaller chunks, but nothing worked; it took 18 hours to transfer 1 GB. I got a refund. Their support seems nice, but I need my data transferred, so I'm seeking help. Someone could access my device via AnyDesk or TeamViewer to help me set up the rclone CLI tool on my VPS? I've been struggling to set it up since migrating. I've watched countless YouTube videos regarding rclone; I must be dumb, or it's not working due to a bug. Either way, I need help. I've already tried web GUI apps like rcloneui and rclone-view, but none worked. Please, someone come and help me out.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Zrsxw on 2025-06-25 07:20:33.

Hi everyone,

I have four HGST HUS726060AL4210 SAS drives currently locked with firmware version A519, which disables standard SCSI commands like FORMAT UNIT, START STOP UNIT, and others. I've read that firmware A907 or ADD5 can restore normal functionality on these drives, as confirmed by several users in the community.

I'm searching for a copy of the firmware file HITACHI_7K6000_A907.bin, or the archive Drive_Firmware_1.13.tgz which is said to include it. If anyone can share it or point me in the right direction, I’d really appreciate it. I just want to revive these drives for homelab and personal storage use.

Thanks in advance for your help!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/vzoltan on 2025-06-25 07:18:10.

There are many posts about these Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive's having Barracudas inside, and the datasheet tells us a quite low number regarding "power on hours per year": https://www.seagate.com/content/dam/seagate/en/content-fragments/products/datasheets/barracuda-3-5-hdd/barracuda-3-5-hddDS2131-3-US2411-en_US.pdf

I'm considering to buy the 24TB model, and use it as a genuine external drive, no plans for shucking. That will be ST24000DM001 I guess.

Now about the 2400 hours / 100 days... I honestly dunno. Likely the HDD won't be up and running for 2400 hours, but I'm more worried about why this limitation exists in the first place.

Are Barracudas just low quality drives, and therefore better to avoid them? I'd pay then more for a WD external, but would like to understand what's going on here.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/harbourhunter on 2025-06-25 04:53:56.

Moreso historical or cultural significance

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Worldly_Anybody_1718 on 2025-06-25 02:55:47.

Just saw a post about sonarr and filebot being able to clean up and organize tv and movie collections. Is there something like that for music?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Necessary-Fan9736 on 2025-06-25 01:42:00.

My gaming laptop has reached it’s capacity to have games that I want on it (thank you so much Baldurs Gate) and I need something I can offload my games onto while I’m playing something else. I don’t need any crazy amount of storage as all I’ll be using this for is a few games really. If anyone has a few suggestions that would be really helpful!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/SuperIce07 on 2025-06-25 00:04:09.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/kaylor_18 on 2025-06-26 11:30:34.

Here’s my process for travel photos and videos I have. I go through them after the trip. Delete those I don’t need. Then start backing them up to my pcloud and external SSD. I organize them per album. I then, go through the photos again and only save the best ones in my phone (iCloud)

Then those best ones saved in Icloud, I organize them in an album. I find my overall process tedious. I don’t want to just enable sync though to Pcloud as it’s not organized.

So what can be my options to make it more efficient?

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/nawakilla on 2025-06-26 10:55:29.

Going to cross post this on piracy.

Short and simple, I'm on the fence. My budget would be on the lower side so i might build it myself. I've built about 4 computers and torrent a decent ammount (usually just delete media files once I'm done with a show). Main things I'm considering is for reliable backups for the important stuff and maybe get rid of some subscriptions, netflix, hulu and what not.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/No_Patience_3148 on 2025-06-26 10:19:43.

I have a few older movies and shows that, unfortunately, never got an official Blu-ray release

I’ve been debating between two options:

• Use AI tools to upscale the original DVD to 1080p.
• Rip the HD version from streaming platforms (if available), and use that as the source to burn a Blu-ray.

Which one gave the better results in terms of quality and reliability?

Thanks for any tips!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/The-Rizztoffen on 2025-06-26 09:17:56.

I don’t have enough energy to build a PC especially since I’ve never done that before (I have swapped parts in various PCs before like CPU, sticks or PCIE devices but never assembled the whole thing together). I was initially planning to buy a QNAP or UGREEN but keep thinking that my own would probably be better in the long run because of all the things I’ve read on the internets

There must be full size Dell/Lenovo/HP towers that have 8 bays right? I have an old Mac Pro but it only has 4 bays (could remove the CD drive to make space for more I guess), but it produces too much heat and won’t fit in the networking corner (and I’d prefer to keep using it as a normal PC).

It would run Jellyfin and maybe separate music streaming. I would run Time Machine backups as well as backups for other things like family photos. Will be isolated from WAN (time to learn about VLANs as well I spose).

I am not decided yet on whether I will be running TrueNAS or something else

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/PusheenHater on 2025-06-26 08:44:05.

I have a PC that uses Windows 10 Pro. I have a hard drive that is encrypted using BitLocker.

Now, assume this PC blows up, but the hard drive is safe.

Questions:

1. Can I take this hard drive, stick it in another PC with Windows 10 Pro, and access the encrypted files there? Or is it bounded to the PC?
2. Are there better alternatives to BitLocker for encryption? I do not like that I need a Pro license to access my files. Keep in mind: I am super paranoid. I keep my important files in a separate PC where I do not install anything unless absolutely necessary.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/coomtilldust on 2025-06-26 07:29:47.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Pessimistic_Gemini on 2025-06-26 05:55:00.

I know there was a previous post asking about this but with how old that is, I thought it best to try to make a new one to ask for advice and help for these days. I have a 256 GB Galaxy S10e and what feels like a third of it has been taken up by KIK itself more and amore. About 80 GB have been taken up by the app and I've been looking around trying to figure out how to backup and preserve all that data before trying to delete it from my phone.

I considered trying out that Backuptrans software since it was what supports Android 12 but between not getting much information on how it is and recently seeing the low scores the company has gotten over the last few years, I'm starting to have second thoughts about trying this out. If anyone has had some luck with this or have any other suggestions, I would love to know.

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/AwareRarestot on 2025-06-26 05:42:12.

Started making my Plex collection. Over the years I have bought about 30 HDDs of 8 TB each, on which I stored movies. Surely many are double or triple in numbers. Unfortunately some will have a name, thus making this process tedious. Is there such app that would check the movies?