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Safe and reliable storage for all your files

Traditional file storage In the 2000s and the very early 2010s, I could remember reaching for a blank DVD/CD or plugging in my portable USB hard drive to back up my music, photos, videos and documents. Yea what a time it was. We made sure our the lasers in our optical disc drives were up firing and burning and still enjoyed the sound of the drives spinning up like a jet engine when we dropped in a DVD or CD into the tray and closed it. The humming sound of USB mechanical Hard Disks spinning up and the LEDs flashing in a myriad of patterns were assuring to our ears and eyes. It meant that these devices were ready to accept our precious data in bulk transfer with just a couple clicks and drags of the mouse. It inspired us with that comforting feeling that even if our computer crashed or didn't turn on one day, that we could take these storage devices or discs to a friend or family member's PC or any other computer and still see all of our files on screen, safely nested on these p

Introduction to the GTA Series

  The major 3D titles in the franchise since GTA III with included expansion packs One of the most successfully video game franchises to date The Grand Theft Auto (GTA) video game franchise by Rockstar Games, formerly DMA Design, has been around for more than 25 years since 1997 and is one of the most popular triple-A title video game franchises in the world. It is an action-adventure game series with seven stand-alone titles and four expansion packs (as of 2020). The first two releases GTA (1997) and GTA II (1999) were both open world, top-down view games played from a third person perspective and both achieved commercial success.  However, when GTA III was released back in 2001 it was phenomenal and unlike anything ever really seen in the history of video games. It is an open world game and allows players to virtually move any where in 3D space both on foot and to a large extent, in a variety of in-game vehicles. To date, it is largely considered by many game developers

GTA Online Beginners Guide and Tips & Tricks for Newbies

Welcome to San Andreas where criminals are made their best! Upon launch, you had to own a full copy of GTA V in order to play online as the online option was part of the main game. Within recent years this has changed and you can now purchase it as a separate standalone component from STEAM, EPIC and the likes for a greatly reduced price.  That being said, the online aspect of the game is where Rockstar really adds the newest, latest and greatest content so by not playing online you are virtually limited only to the base game with the three protagonist in story mode and the assets that were released with the game plus a few minor additions to the in-game store and additional game tweaks and patches. All the latest vehicles, map additions, add-on and game modes etc. are part of only GTA Online, making it virtually a totally different game all together that utilizes the same map of the story mode game and adds a ton of features and assets to it. So let's get started felons! The game