I have a 3 terabyte backup drive, which I use alot. I move all my image files onto it as soon as stacking has been completed, then final images go into separate directories. I suggest you develop a naming convention for files, sub directories and directories, so that you can easily find things in the future.
Of course you can just rely on a backup function to mirror your existing laptop drive, however most people won't want to save garbage files. For example if you have 100 image files, and after grading them you find 15 are well below the quality of the best 85, you don't want to backup junk.
Ask yourself, do I really want to keep every sub file? Unless your going to go back and add data, then consider letting them go. I know people will scream about keeping everything, but how many times do you go back and reshoot an object?
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