Can SSD Drive Save Videos or Images ?? Plz Help

[Frank_92]

I Lost All my Collection of 4582 Movies and 800 Music Videos and Images On HDD, Beacuse Of a Virus Attacked..... 🙁... I jst wanna knw can SSD Drive can save (Videos & Photos) as a Backup... i searched every where on a net about this, still no help 🙁 🙁

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, Frank_92.

This sounds truly unfortunate. I can't even imagine how frustrating this must be. 🙁

SSD's use a different type of technology to store data, but unfortunately just as the HDDs and all other storage devices, they are susceptible to virus and malware attacks. The only thing you can do against that is to always have an antivirus program with updated database, a firewall and probably an antimalware program installed on your computer. As well as to always backup your important data perhaps on an external drive or cloud service. This way if your system is infected with a virus, the external drive would be safe and you would be able to restore the files.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[Frank_92]

Hi Boogieman,

So On SSD Drive U mean I cant Save any (Videos or images) as a backup ??? 🙁

 

[Nick_50]

An SSD works in the same way as a regular HDD in terms of what Windows sees, a drive for storing data. But SSDs are more expensive per gb of storage so for a large collection it is more economical to use a HDD.

The external drive is a good idea, providing the virus/malware doesn't attack external drives as soon as you connect them.

I also read that SSDs can lose their data if they are left without power for a long time. I don't know whether that is a problem with modern ones and it rarely happens as people use them all the time and keep them powered up so it doesn't make them as good for archiving info.

 

[kenrivers]

You can store videos and images on an SSD as a backup. The point Boogieman is making is that mechanical HDs and SSDs are both susceptible to viruses and malware attacks and that you need antivirus/antimalware software with updated databases to help prevent your loss from happening again. Ideally more than one backup of important files is best (two different drives).

 

[Frank_92]

Thank You Very Much @ Boogieman@ Nick_50 @ Kenriver