back everything up on an external HD. Make sure it's an actual HD with a spinning disk so if the mechanism fails, you have a physical magnetic copy of it still on the disk, compared to an SSD which will lose it's charge on it's storage medium as time goes on. You will need to plug in that HD every 1.5 years or so and move the data to another HD or Comp. Format the HD, and then resave the data to the old to freshen the magnetic etching on the drive.
Thank you for the information. Don't forget the faraday!
Christmas Cookie Tins work well for small items. Use a THICK black plastic trashbag as an insulator on the inside. Make sure to have as much surface area of the bag in contact with the interior walls of the tin, and make sure you have a good seal on the metal lid of the tin to the body of the tin. It doesn't have to be air or water tight to work properly
an old disconnected microwave and a trash bag should work too.
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