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Ive got some ideas to try with a flashdrive ive picked up but i want to know what others would do with such a device? I was thinking i could use it for retro gaming or something like important files.

What would you do?

I know its not alot of room but i got it for cheap.

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[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I guess that's the difference. I don't tend to format mine often, if ever.

It is amazing that you can buy a TB drive these days, especially at the size they are. And amazing you can fill one up.

It's good to keep that sense of wonder, IMO.

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’ve gor 4x8TB units in my NAS running Synology’s equivalent of RAID 5, but better. And then I also have 2x12TB drives in my main workstation for downloads, eval, testing & staging, services and data hoarding from open directories. I’m not saying I’m filling it all up, because I do have plenty of space available, but I’m def using it substantially lol.

[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

Ahhhh, that's so nice! I just got my second NVME. It's a new world.