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Re: *RELIABLE* external hard drives NEEDED
thanks for the feedback, though it makes it harder to make a decision, it's totally appreciated.
keep it coming... No members have liked this post.
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Re: *RELIABLE* external hard drives NEEDED
all my Lacie drives have done well [except one, but i think its a connector issue], the one Maxtor has been chuggin along since the beginning of TTD...the newest was a WD drive, have had major issues with it
i've heard from a few editors their preferred exts are the GTech drives No members have liked this post.
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i got the same drive and it's been going strong for about 2 years or so. i forget exactly when i got it.
i just recently picked up a 2tb WD My Book and it seems to be working great so far. i need to get a couple more just for back up and not reading from. No members have liked this post.
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I got a 500GB one about 4 years a go and it's still my best drive. I use it to daisy chain a bunch of other drives through its Firewire 800 connection. You get what you pay for.
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Re: *RELIABLE* external hard drives NEEDED
a friend just reminded me in this:
high capacity Optical/FLASH drive media might be the preferred back up medium of the future. as we know drives with moving parts are at far greater risk of failing. No members have liked this post.
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Re: *RELIABLE* external hard drives NEEDED
You might want to consider waiting til the summer/autumn, when prices should begin dropping again as inventory supply finally catches up with demand. They're ridic high right now.
Fwiw, following is a somewhat technical explanation but... kinda fun in a geeky way! Cheers. hxxp://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222871/Hard_drive_prices_slide_as_Thai_flood_aftermath_subsides [Summary: inventories still short at major manufacturers like SG & WD, and will continue to be so well into 2012.] No members have liked this post.
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Re: *RELIABLE* external hard drives NEEDED
I've never really liked external drives, since I've had problems with the OS recognizing them. However, since my case only holds 6 internal drives I bought a cable/adaptor with its own power supply and just use extra internal drives, only plugging them in when necessary. Very cheap alternative and you can use whatever drive you want.
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