Good external hard drive?
Oct 28, 2009 | 08:26 PM
#3
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Don't buy anything Maxtor. Those people should be in jail for how bad their stuff is.
Keep in mind, any single hard drive solution will not be reliable for storing important data. They will all fail eventually. Try to find a unit with mirrored hard drives.
Keep in mind, any single hard drive solution will not be reliable for storing important data. They will all fail eventually. Try to find a unit with mirrored hard drives.
Oct 28, 2009 | 08:29 PM
#4
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I have my Buffalo configured as RAID 1, and backed up to a Mozy account nightly. I have business files on there I can't afford to lose.
Oct 28, 2009 | 08:42 PM
#6
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I'm pretty happy with my Omega1 drives. I thought it crashed awhile ago (after 2+ yrs of use) but it turned out it was just a bad power supply. I bought another one and now I'm just going to make sure I back everything up on a 2nd drive just in case.
Oct 28, 2009 | 09:27 PM
#8
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I would get a WD MyBook (2 of the 4GB ones so you can mirror them for safety and still have 4GB of storage). They have various models to suit your needs. As a Mac user, I own 2 of the "Studio" editions.
Nov 27, 2009 | 10:47 AM
#10
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From: NC, USA
Ive got the same as TUUNER, the 4TB Drobo and I definitely cant complain. It has switchable drives and is literally as easy as plug it in and let it do its thing!
You also get scheduling tools with it, like ive set it up to backup every night. No point having the external hard drive if you dont back the PC up, right lol
You also get scheduling tools with it, like ive set it up to backup every night. No point having the external hard drive if you dont back the PC up, right lol