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Return To Data Recovery FAQ Archive   What are the advantages and disadvantages of a disk drive backup? Answered By Editor A disk drive backup is just like having another hard disk storing the data as a back up as you would in your computer. These has its own sets of advantages and disadvantages. The advantages are: * It can easily be setup using your current computer, if you have a large memory hard disk drive; you can just partition it and use the partition as a back up. * If you purchase an external disk drive, you can carry it from one place to another and just easily plug it in. * Transfers of data are easy and fast. The disadvantages are: * Disk drives are very volatile, they can easily be damaged. * Some disk drives can be quite expensive. * If you use one disk drive for memory and back up, the data can easily be lost if the disk drive dies. keywords: Data Recovery | Data | Data Backup | Disk Drive Backup | Disk Drives | External Disk Drive Data Backup Site Computer Data Backup

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