Spent $40 on a cloud backup service and it saved my entire mod collection last week

I finally caved and paid for Backblaze after my external drive started making clicking noises. That thing had 600GB of Skyrim mods I've been collecting since 2015, plus all my save files. Cost me about $40 for the year, which is nothing compared to losing years of curated lists and patches. My buddy laughed at me for paying for storage until his laptop died and he lost everything. Has anyone else dodged a bullet with cloud storage or am I just paranoid about losing my digital junk?

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keithyoung11d ago

Have you tried Backblaze too @allen.amy? That clicking noise gave me flashbacks just reading about it. I did the same thing as you, heard a click and immediately panicked. It really is wild how fast years of modding can disappear if you don't have a backup. I used to just keep everything on external drives, but after losing a few gigs of Morrowind mods to a corrupted folder, I finally spent the $40. Now I don't even think about it, it just runs in the background and I sleep better knowing my 500+ modded playthroughs aren't one crash away from being gone. The peace of mind alone is worth more than what I paid for the service.

allen.amy11d ago

Holy crap, $40 a year for Backblaze is actually a steal for that much data. I almost lost my entire Fallout 4 mod setup last year, about 300 mods with custom patches, and I felt sick for days. The clicking drive noise is the stuff of nightmares, I got that once and immediately ordered a new drive. Good call on the cloud backup, especially for stuff you've spent years curating.