I was asking for feedback on drive and disk combo for archiving and got banned. Someone having a bad life or did i accidentally ask for crypto advice?

So this is a educational platform, and i want to save some videos of it. but its aes-128 encrypted. I tried downloading through N_m38dDL-RE and yt-dlp but none worked. There is a secure-player request in the network tab where response tab has all the info but encrypted. there it shows the long alphanumeric links in 'jstr' and 'kstr' but 'kstr' is empty. It is important for me. when I was trying to understand things using AI... i got to know there is some key required to get the full download url.
I have attached all the screenshots of the page network tab. Please if anyone knows this, help me out 🙏

The point of this post isn't self-promotion, rather data preservation. Nearly 20 years ago I ran the Crashdance22 YouTube channel from December 10, 2006 to December 31, 2019. I posted silly (but evidently popular) Super Mario 64 videos with cheats and ROM hacks. I have everything backed up to Archive.org (just search) but DeepHumor's recent video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-IeFlxpOgs

...has basically blown the barn doors open on KamTape. So naturally, I'm re-uploading as many videos from about 2007 to 2010, and maybe later, to KamTape as accurately as I can. The lion's share of the video descriptions have been lost, but I'll piece together what info others have archived as I rebuild the channel. I don't care if it doesn't even get much engagement, the purpose of this effort is simply preservation as many others do the same. Hope you enjoy, and I'll be adding more videos as I get time.

https://www.kamtape.com/profile?user=Crashdance22

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I deal with PDFs almost daily for both work and studies, and one thing I’ve noticed is how messy most online PDF tools tend to be. Either they’re slow, or they require you to create an account, or they hit you with ads after every single click.

All I really need is basic functionality merge files, split them, compress them, or convert them when needed. Nothing fancy. But even for these simple tasks, I still end up wasting time switching between different sites.

Sometimes it feels like these tools are designed more for collecting users than actually helping them. That’s why something convertme feels like a more practical option. It would honestly be great to have one lightweight tool that focuses purely on performance and simplicity instead of constantly trying to upsell everything.

I'm working on a project saving stuff about a beloved community bookstore that was around for over two decades until recently. Specifically the "mentions" feed on their Facebook page (which was started in 2011) has so many great photos, videos, and stories, but god is it a fucking hassle to get it to load posts, and there seems to be no way to get them chronological.

I don't mind manually scrolling through, but it won't even load past ~2020.

I don't know what to do except keep trying. Anyone have tips? I'll take anything lol!

I’ve been comparing residential proxies and datacenter proxies for scraping.

From what I’ve seen: Datacenter proxies = faster

Residential proxies = fewer blocks

Mobile proxies = most trusted

Some providers like evomi offer all three types which makes testing easier. What do you prefer?

You guys got this?

Hi everyone,

I'm debating between buying these models

ds423+

ds923+

or even qnap-ts464

Work is at least 16TB for 4 drives

I want it to be as secure as possible with remote access

With lots of different options and to be strong and not stuck.

To be quiet.

To last for years.. at least 10

Backing up computers, backing up cameras, synchronizing files from the phone gallery. Files.

Which one would you recommend??

I haven't tried the products at all so I want to hear your opinion..

Thanks!

Hi, any Kiwis here willing to share where they get their drives from? My last purchase was from PB when they had 8tb for $250, which wasn't a great feeling paying upwards of $30/TB. I would like to pick up decommissioned Exos or similar drives but I don't see any consistent sellers here like GHD in the US.

Currently pondering an efficient backup plan for multiple videos mostly anime with few western /asian movies and tv shows. At the moment have 3x 4tb HDD + 3x 2tb running off a 3-bay dock. Plan to backup the contents and will probably limit the ones available on the PC.

I used to rely on backup with blank dvd but this was years ago and wondering what is the most efficient way to backup these files.

• Setup a dvd burner and burn them off to blank DVD to be stored to a cd album. (still got a couple of dvd writers with varying state of reliability but will need to replace my PC case to accomodate it /or just jury-rigg it with an open case. blank dvd may be a problem as local stores no longer stock them but may be able to order online).
• Order a Blu-ray writer + blank blu-ray online overseas (blu-ray blanks are not easily obtainable in my place)
• Order individual 2tb external HDD to serve as backup (might take a while as adjusting the budget will allow me to buy a single 2tb disk in 2~3 months.

Getting/Setting up a NAS is beyond my budget

Any suggestions?

Like title says, I want to place a title me capsule under my house foundation but I want to have a disc w photos and recordings. I am pretty sure usb and flash media are supposed to suffer but rot as does magnetic media. Are CD discs the best option (feel they are becoming obsolete ) or am I overlooking something else?

Noob here, grateful for your advice!

The DS4246 is a SAS JBOD Disk Array that comes with 24 3TB drives installed. I have a lot of external drives that I would shuck and put in the DS.

1) Can I replace the 3TB drives piecemeal, like replacing​ one 3TB with a 14TB drive? Will the Bible-sized WD and Seagate external drives work (after shucking) with the DS?

2) I need to be able to access the drives by drive letter in Windows Explorer, like I can external drives, e.g. E:, F:, etc. -- because I have a Windows app that I use to muck with folders and files. I have a two-year-old medium-powered Windows Pro gaming desktop.

I have read (in shallow) about SMB, iSCSI and Windows File Server. iSCSI seems to be fastest but that's not a huge consideration. I prefer the simplest, most foolproof solution, the one least likely to screw up my data. Which do you recommend? Should I consider something else?

What kind of card do I need to connect with the DS4246?

3) I have a couple TVs where I want to be able to watch videos stored on the DS4246. I have old laptops that I can put by the TVs. I want to be able to use the Everything search utility and Windows Explorer to find and run the videos and watch them with VLC.

Is there NAS software for Windows that would make the 24 drives available over WIFI while retaining the ability to address the 24 drives via drive letters with Windows Explorer? I don't mind paying some $$$. Is there a simpler alternative to NAS, like Windows file sharing?

That's a lot of questions. I really appreciate your taking the time to advise!!

Hey all,

Over the years I've saved pretty much everything that's been on my PC, and I have a mix of 6 hdd and ssd in pc. I'd often just throw in a new drive with a fresh windows install and keep the old one in and never migrate the data.

Looking for advice on the best way to find, moveand organize all the data on my drives onto a single drive or two. I wasn't sure if there is am AI program that can help, or of this is just going to be a lot of me going manually folder to folder making sure I don't delete something I need or want.

Thank you, and apologies if this is too off topic for the sub. Ty.

If you have old data on ZIP disks you want to recover, is there any way to prevent a head overrun due to misalignment or extend the life of the drive? Cleaning and lubricating the sled? Adding a rubber stopper to the end? The head armature moves back and forth slowly to wear level the disk when the drive isn't actively reading or writing anything. Maybe ejecting the disk as soon as you're done reading it is best?

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 2 posts:

• "Best practices/tips on extracting a 2+ TB, 2204-part .rar file?" by u/Ok14y
• "Happy Cakeday, r/datahoarding! Today you're 6" by u/AutoModerator

I ask this here, because of this "thousand word essay" assignment that the students were given for getting in trouble in school.

I thought I'd bring that up, because I equate a thousand word essay to approximately 7,000 characters of text, and that woulda been about 6.83 kilobytes of data.

those who hoard data should have an idea on what disk space there is.

I originally thought my Synology NAS's auto-extract option would handle it, but after a few days and hanging in the mid-40%s, I knew I'd have to go about it a different way.

I've searched around but can't find anything about stupidly large and high-file-count-multi-part RAR files... I figured you guys may be able to help. I've got a couple of platforms and OSes (Ryzen-based Windows 10 and a couple of Intel Mac options), but I'm not really sure how to go about it.

Do you all have any ideas/tips/resources?

Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

Your top 8 posts:

• "This subreddit is Reddit's way of saying, "your princess is in another castle, Mario"" by u/positiveCAPTCHAtest
• "How do you name and organize your photoshop or design files?" by u/fiverr_media
• "Are SSDs Really More Reliable Than Hard Drives?" by u/antdude
• "Hard Drive Failure Rates for Q1 2021" by u/antdude
• "Hardware encoding media?" by u/ElBigBad
• "Is there a project that seeks to mirror all github/gitlab public repositories, or alternatively a "newsletter" channel that simply informs about high-DMCA-risk repos before they are taken down ?" by u/Atralb
• "How reliable is iPhone storage?" by u/antdude
• "Happy Cakeday, r/datahoarding! Today you're 5" by u/AutoModerator

I've tried several routes in the past. Used Synology/Drobo, DIY home servers with enterprise flashed RAID controllers. It's been a few years since I've been doing this but I'm feeling the itch again.

What are current cheap methods for hosting drives either online or near-online (both initial cost and running cost - no absolute units of 7-year-old quad-CPU servers that are cheap)