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I want to but I don't have enough external storage to back my data before wiping off windows and doing a clean Linux install, need to buy some hard drives first, hoping this AI scam hasn't inflated the prices on those as well
Your data is living on borrowed time as it is if you don't have it backed up already.
Two is one and one is none.