Portable harddrive vs flash drive??

[Boriyako]

Hi Folks
I need back-up. At least 10Gb mainly for music, documents and photos. My current space I am using for all that is about 11Gb but I will obviously be adding in the future but not that much so I could get away with a flash drive or even a couple of them

For me both types of drive have plusses - flash drive has smaller size and external drives have more storage. I can go for either.

The question is..... which is more technically reliable generally speaking?

I know that you can get good and bad of anything but I would go for a product that has good reviews.

Thanks
Miles

[Rollo]

I have an external HD and some USB sticks.
The HD is used for back-ups and for other storage. The sticks mainly for taking files from A to B.

Horses for courses.

None of them have failed.

[ignys]

I agree with Rollo. I think that external drive is more reliable than flash drive.

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[ChuckFickens]

the most reliable backup would be a few decent quality DVD's, make two copies of your backups on them, and store them properly and separately from each other.

Both external hard drives and flash drives have their own problems when it comes to using them for backups

Hard drives are very susceptible to physical damage, it really doesn't take a huge knock (especially if they are running) to damage the drive

Flash memory, although physically much more resilient, only has a finite amount of times it can be re-written before it fails

Both of these facts can cause separate problems for each type of media when used for backup. Personally, if I had to choose, I'd go for an external hard drive and make sure you handle and store it carefully.

[Boriyako]

Many thanks for the answers (!!)

Am going to go for a compromise between the 2.

A 32 Gb Buffalo ssd

At least with your help I could make an informed decision

Thanks again
Miles

[anna.abraham]

It will be better to you to purchase External Hard disk Driver for better performance and for future use and is also much more reliable to use.