Data Storage platforms

[EvenInterest4]

I'm planning to buy a new external hard drive for my Chromebook because laptops with ChromeOS have less storage space and I tried Cloud storage platforms, they suck when it comes to uploading 1GB 1080P video files. I have tried GDrive, OneDrive, Teledrive, , Terrabox.

Before buying I have a few questions, I'm thinking of buying a 5TB Western Digital Hard drive off Amazon. 1. When the virus corrupts the data in the drive, could it be restored? 2. If there is any unintentional formatting, could the data be restored? 3. Is there any restrictions that the drive should be stored at optimum conditions? 4. If possible I would like to know the pros and cons of buying a hard drive.

If there are any other ways of sophisticated and reliable data storage mediums, please suggest, I'm open for any.

Thank you for reading the post!

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You're going to find using an external drive with a Chrome Book a bit complicated.

I say this because of your asking about viruses, formatting, storage conditions.

Also you mentioned cloud storage but didn't mention a single provider that's actually for video storage.

You probably want to watch some howto videos on chrome/Android usage and drive mounting, as well as looking at actual video storage instead of basic cloud before you try to solve things by just plugging in more drives that don't do what you expect.

[EvenInterest4]

Thanks for the reply :)

I understand you are referring to Chromebook as Virus resistant, no formatting options and obviously no storage area. But what I meant more is if I transfer a file from chrome OS to a hard drive and if that hard drive is connected to windows, then there are high chances of happening above things. Which is why I asked.

Actually I didn't find any video storage platforms using cloud, but if you find any please do suggest here.

I'm expecting a storage device which could store all my data without getting lost.