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d a v e -> new external hard drive (6/10/2007 16:29:42)

i'm looking for a cheap and reliable external hd. all it needs to do is sit there and save my photos and vids of my boys and a few other little backing up bits. size isn't that important (honest!) nor is speed but i saw this at my local store that i can buy online and wondered if anyone had even heard of the make.

are there any makes to avoid or particularly recommend?

anyway this is the beastie
http://www.netanttila.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=256459&storeId=1444&catalogId=1444&shopId=19651&compartmentId=20154&categoryId=20202

sorry it's in finnish but the numbers are quite obvious 7200 rpm, 250 mb, 1 year guarantee ...



Spooky -> RE: new external hard drive (6/10/2007 16:40:37)

Im a fan of 2.5" drives - mainly as I use a notebook. 2.5s are a lot more portable and quite handy to use for file transfers between PC's.

So size does matter for me :)



BobbyDouglas -> RE: new external hard drive (6/10/2007 23:59:12)

You are usually better off with buying a good hard drive (Seagate w/ a 5yr warranty), and then an external enclosure.



Larry M. -> RE: new external hard drive (6/11/2007 9:40:50)

quote:

size does matter for me


Agree.

Just bought a Western Digital 120GB USB2 powered external hard drive for my laptop at CompUSA - $119.99. About the size of my Palm LifeDrive :)

BTW, came with backup software I've never heard of. Using Acronis True Image 10 instead.



d a v e -> RE: new external hard drive (6/15/2007 10:08:12)

also do you partition yours and if so into what sort of chunks?? i'm thinking about defragging time
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Larry M. -> RE: new external hard drive (6/15/2007 15:37:38)

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do you partition yours and if so into what sort of chunks?? i'm thinking about defragging time


I don't use partitions but Acronis True Image has the capability to establish, then read/write to/from them.

My experience with defragging is if done frequently (once a week +/-) then run times are not excessive. Also, defragging can be done in the background although the utililty can be a system hog if hd analysis shows 10% + fragmentation.



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