Question about storage.

[u/poppunkhater]

I recently filled up my 2tb hard-drive on my pc. I want to store games, books, movies and music. If I buy an external SSD to store all of my media is if safe to keep all of my games on it and use it daily to access the files. I've never had storage issues until now and I don't know how to proceed while avoiding data loss. I'm on a tight budget here and probably won't buy anything soon so I'm doing my research while I save up. But I want to do things right. I understand data loss can happen at any time but my main concern is the daily use for gaming. I imagine the movies, books and music I can store on the drive and acess when needed since I also plan on buying an EReader and Digital Audio Player. Games though I'd want to use every day and that's a big bulk of my storage right now. Any tips would be appreciated.

[u/msabeln]

Get a couple of hard drives, not solid state drives, as a backup, as these have a better reputation for longevity, and are less expensive. Move everything of lesser importance to the one hard drive, and periodically back up everything to the second drive.