I’m late to the party but damn that’s a kick to the balls. For subdl I noticed there’s also an org version, do you happen to know if they’re related to each other?

Just saw the edit and if you don’t want to go the router route + LAN for some reason guess another option would be a ucb c dock that allows power pass through. I have an anker one that I use on occasion and recommend it. You can then either get an external drive or a SD card.

Pretty sure some even have an SD card slot too so even less weight to carry

This looks promising. I keep some media on an external, encrypted ssd when I travel and just been relying on making a note of the episode and using haruna’s playback time feature.

The ol skin flute

Damn never heard of them looks great. Is there any catch or is it like a small company that might go out of business in a few years? I still haven’t had to backup more then 4tb but once I do get up to those numbers they might be the best option compared to offsite hard drives like I been doing

Cathode ray dude did a great video on this the 90s were a magical time. There’s also a dvd version iirc

Gosh darn spudtacular, but for real thank you for the help. Think I was honestly overthinking everything. I have a standard envelope at home so I’ll just use that and get the stamp at the post office. It’ll be my first time sending out something in years so hopefully I do things correctly, haha

Yeah you’re right. Appreciate it thank you for your help

Yeah I read that but I’m just getting a little hung up in the details. Like what envelope to use and what stamps? I keep getting mixed result online, a standard us white envelope, an A4 yellow envelope, 3 forever stamps or an international stamp. It just confusing me a bit

Oh god thank you was thinking the same thing regarding the return address. I think I’ll be fine with amazon knowing that I paid for a VPN as long as mullvad doesn’t know about me but if the mailing process works smoothly I’ll continue going that route instead. I am really confused though on what stamps and envelopes should be used? Keep hearing “oh use 3 forever stamps or an international one” and “tape up a standard white envelope or use an A4 yellow envelope” I might just be over thinking but I have no idea

Didn’t even know it was the biggest

Curious about the age of the oldest one

I actually never brought something from Facebook but I’ll take a look at it. Appreciate it.

Yeah I’m guessing this is the easiest option to just get my money back. Appreciate it and I’ll update the post with what I go with. I already have another drive that I tested and works so I’m not desperate for now.

Honestly I have no clue. My train of thought was if you could register it, which I havent tested, then the warranty could work. Was kinda hoping someone here or in the original post went through my situation and could clairfy things.

Appreciate it, I’m fairly new to Lemmy so I wasn’t sure what communities are available.

Were they all from the same seller?

Might be stupid to ask but how would you go about weeding out the bad sellers from the good ones when it comes to hard drives? Especially on secondhand markets like eBay and amazon

Wow I’m so sorry I missed this. You are truly a big help and I really appreciate everything you wrote thank you so much.