[Ronaldus Magnus III]

For years, I’ve saved all my images and other files to a pretty MAGA-red 2TB portable hard drive...

Excellent!

Consider backing up the external, portable drive off and on.

I have external drives from 1TB to 8TB.

I used to teach basic tech. I often stated "computers are like cars; they are great, and then...... Not." An extra backup can always be deleted .

[SuperLuminal]

Agree...
Also, for the past few years, they have gotten very low-priced...