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Looking for External HDD
Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll
be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. Thanks, Mike |
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"Mike" wrote in message news:hhnKf.2539$0z.1211@trnddc01... Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. Thanks, Mike I've just bought a 250Gig Freecom from PCWorld - £94. Software seems to be designed for porting/syncing between home and office machines but I'm using for backup each evening (having first produced and copied a system disk image and made a BartPE bootable cd). I plug the drive into the USB port and "update" from Windows Explorer. There are other (Freecom software) options - Sync on drive plug-in, auto sync etc but, since a friend's machine got zapped by a surge during a thunderstorm (fried the keyboard) I quite like keeping the backup drive unconnected and unplugged from the powr except when backing up. Keith |
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In article hhnKf.2539$0z.1211@trnddc01, "Mike"
wrote: Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. If you don't mind sticking the drive into a case and having a rebate or two to send off.... See this page for 250 G plus USB/Firewire case for about $100 shipped: http://dealmac.com/deals/Seagate-250...re-USB-2-0-Enc losure-for-90-after-rebates/110119.html -- "It is easier to fight for your principles than to live by them." |
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Mike wrote:
Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. Thanks, I've had two external Maxstor units fail...and I'm not going to buy a third. I've also had an internal Maxstor hard drive fail. By myself, I only constitute a very small sample...but given that I have about 40 hard drives under my direct use on various computers...and given that the ONLY drives that have ever failed were all Maxstors...I've had enough. I'd suggest buying a USB 2/Firewire enclosure and putting an internal drive into it. My ADS enclosures have worked extremely well... -Mark |
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Looking for External HDD
"Mike" wrote in message news:hhnKf.2539$0z.1211@trnddc01... Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. I have been using two Western Digital firewire drives, 75GB and 150GB, for years, and I have never had a problem with either of them. -- barry in indy |
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"Mike" wrote in message news:hhnKf.2539$0z.1211@trnddc01... Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage I have had 5 all-in-one external hard drives fail for various reasons, like: - power supply failure - hard drive failure - hard drive whine (very loud) .... so have resorted to purchasing bare drives of my choice (ie, fluid bearing drives by Western Digital or Seagate) and putting them in ADS Dual Link (both USB2 and 1394/firewire) enclosures for 3.5" and 2.5" drives. These enclosures have been superb, I have 9 so far with no problems. Unlike many other enclosures, they have a small fan to help keep the drive/power supply cool. But, they aren't cheap: http://shopper.cnet.com/Dual_Link_Ex...y=210&sort=asc For (Windows) software, the free MS SyncToy is very basic but works great: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...o/synctoy.mspx |
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Good advice. I believe keeping an external device, that contains back up
files, plugged in offers only a false sense of security. Will check out the Feeecom drive. Mike "Keith Foster" wrote in message ... "Mike" wrote in message news:hhnKf.2539$0z.1211@trnddc01... Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. Thanks, Mike I've just bought a 250Gig Freecom from PCWorld - £94. Software seems to be designed for porting/syncing between home and office machines but I'm using for backup each evening (having first produced and copied a system disk image and made a BartPE bootable cd). I plug the drive into the USB port and "update" from Windows Explorer. There are other (Freecom software) options - Sync on drive plug-in, auto sync etc but, since a friend's machine got zapped by a surge during a thunderstorm (fried the keyboard) I quite like keeping the backup drive unconnected and unplugged from the powr except when backing up. Keith |
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Sorry, but it's a dead link,
Mike "Mamamia" wrote in message .. . In article hhnKf.2539$0z.1211@trnddc01, "Mike" wrote: Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. If you don't mind sticking the drive into a case and having a rebate or two to send off.... See this page for 250 G plus USB/Firewire case for about $100 shipped: http://dealmac.com/deals/Seagate-250...re-USB-2-0-Enc losure-for-90-after-rebates/110119.html -- "It is easier to fight for your principles than to live by them." |
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I hear you. I'll need to find a case that I like then a quiet hdd and
software. I'd like to do that, otoh, I'm willing to spend a little more and get a unit ready to run. Mike "Mark²" mjmorgan(lowest even number wrote in message news9oKf.197$vd2.129@fed1read04... Mike wrote: Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. Thanks, I've had two external Maxstor units fail...and I'm not going to buy a third. I've also had an internal Maxstor hard drive fail. By myself, I only constitute a very small sample...but given that I have about 40 hard drives under my direct use on various computers...and given that the ONLY drives that have ever failed were all Maxstors...I've had enough. I'd suggest buying a USB 2/Firewire enclosure and putting an internal drive into it. My ADS enclosures have worked extremely well... -Mark |
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OK, I'll do a search for WD external hdds.
Mike "barry in indy" wrote in message . com... "Mike" wrote in message news:hhnKf.2539$0z.1211@trnddc01... Hi, I'm looking for recomendations for an external hard disk drive that'll be used primarily for digital photo storage and bac up until I build a new PC. For now I'm thinking a drive of around 200gig should do it. PC Magazine likes the Maxtor OneTouch II External USB Drive, but several users report problems with this drive. OTOH, maybe thousands are happoily using the drive. Basic drive requirements - quiet, fast, durable excellent software is a plus. It sems FireWire is trhe preferred interface. I have been using two Western Digital firewire drives, 75GB and 150GB, for years, and I have never had a problem with either of them. -- barry in indy |
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