RetroFed Forum

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)

bot@lemmit.online Joined: 2023-06-18

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/Quibilash on 2026-08-05 12:29:05+00:00.

So, I'm someone who's saved some shows, game roms, images and other personal files I want to keep as long as I can, but I'm very new to this sort of deal and wanted to know things I should keep in mind when backing up

Is it as simple as just getting a lot of hard drives to save all of what I want, or are there things I should know that isn't immediately obvious, apart from keeping multiple backups of the same files on separate locations/drives?

Welcome to the nostalgia-filled piefed instance of yesteryear.

Open Registration with Application questionnaire.

If you have a question or comment you can post in !meta@retrofed.com or message @DosDude@retrofed.com or @Die4Ever@retrofed.com

In case of downtime and/or emergency, we will post updates on @DosDude@mastodon.social

Some rules we try to uphold:

Be civil. Bigotry is not welcome. This includes (but is not limited to): transphobia, queerphobia, racism, ageism and ableism. We do not promote hate.
Communities need to be Retro or Retro-adjacent.
Please don't upload pornographic content. (use an external image host for that)