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Ideally you would have generated and saved a HASH before you copied your files as a control. Otherwise, it’s just a probability game. If the HASH on copy 1&2 match, but doesn’t match 3, then the probability is 1&2 are correct. If all three don’t match, you toss a coin.
If you’re on Windows, I recommend using Teracopy for all your file copying (always copy, never move!) and set verify on, which will perform a CRC and generate a HASH which you can then save. You can also use it to Test your files after the fact and generate a HASH.
Flash drives are the modern day floppies. Use them and when the fail, get a new one. Stick with the smaller sizes for the best price per GB.
The best possible quality to rip to either .ISO, saving the entire DVD as an image or rip and remux, placing the video into another container. Both will give you 1:1 quality of the original.
MakeMKV can do both of these and is free.
A possible solution is VVV (Virtual Volumes View) to create an offline searchable database of your discs, then export to csv or txt and add your HASH in a separate column.
What’s really scary is that even if it’s just a fraction of a percent, it’s still tens or hundreds of TB of what’s stored there. *SHUDDER*
Really interested when we, hopefully, read the press statement from them regarding how much data was lost, even temporarily!
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They’re HM-SMR (Host Managed-SMR) that requires specialized hardware and software. Which is why the article clearly states they’re not for home users.
Read this and link about why Dropbox and other cloud providers are using them and HM-SMR is the future for larger hard drives.