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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1620220" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Chscag</strong> - agree, just buy a new external HD (or a replacement as you suggest, if possible) and start a new Time Machine (TM) Backup - but a question that has concerned me for years (after having at least 3 external HDs failed, all on PCs), can one really rely on just one external HD for backup support?</p><p></p><p>I now have CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) setup on two different external HDs to backup my iMac & MBPro (partitioned drives) - at present, just have single external HDs for TM for each of my computers - should one have additional redundant B/Us for that purpose - of course, another option would be to obtain a RAID 1 B/U drive but the expense? </p><p></p><p>Just trying to be well protected, especially since these HDs are pretty cheap - thanks for any comments or input from others - Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1620220, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Chscag[/B] - agree, just buy a new external HD (or a replacement as you suggest, if possible) and start a new Time Machine (TM) Backup - but a question that has concerned me for years (after having at least 3 external HDs failed, all on PCs), can one really rely on just one external HD for backup support? I now have CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) setup on two different external HDs to backup my iMac & MBPro (partitioned drives) - at present, just have single external HDs for TM for each of my computers - should one have additional redundant B/Us for that purpose - of course, another option would be to obtain a RAID 1 B/U drive but the expense? Just trying to be well protected, especially since these HDs are pretty cheap - thanks for any comments or input from others - Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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