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Have a look at this.
Predict if Hard Disk Failure is Imminent with CrystalDiskInfo | PCsteps.com
Once in decimal should be easier to read.
Those colour dots on the left will start to shift colour. I would be interested in your "Read Error Rate" once converted. My Read Error rate is Zero for actuals. I checked three of my spinners.
I don't use cloud services for backups. What I do like about cloud is the "Offsite" aspect. This makes it a true backup in my definition. Always connected or backups sitting beside machines I call copies.
I keep it simple. All my data is on my computer. I use laptop HDD's and an external enclosure to attach them. I copy my data out to the HDD and take it to my safety deposit box. Once there I pick up the one in the box and return it home for next cycle.
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My cycle is every four to six weeks. If I've done something special, vacation pics, I do an out of cycle.
Cloud services can start to add up depending on amount of data. Even $5 / mth is $60 a year, every year. Doesn't take long to add up.
If you don't have safety deposit box you can store at friends house or family but I would encrypt with a free product like veracrypt.
As to macrium offsite, it depends. This would assume you have a computer you could download Image to and then restore from media. Myself I keep them at home. In a total loss, major fire, its my data that is important. I have Macrium images on an old ssd within the machine and additional Images on a NAS.
Depending on size on drive you buy, should you go that route you could always throw a current Image on it and take it offsite.
Yes I have way to many backups.
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