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Old February 20th 06, 06:47 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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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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Old February 20th 06, 07:18 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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"Mike" wrote in message
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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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Old February 20th 06, 07:44 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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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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Old February 20th 06, 07:48 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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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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Old February 20th 06, 09:59 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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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.


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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Old February 21st 06, 12:39 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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"Mike" wrote in message
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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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Old February 21st 06, 03:23 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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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

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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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Old February 21st 06, 03:26 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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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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Old February 21st 06, 03:28 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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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
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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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Old February 21st 06, 03:29 AM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,rec.photo.digital
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OK, I'll do a search for WD external hdds.

Mike

"barry in indy" wrote in message
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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.


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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