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Are external Hard Drives any good? |
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Posts: 1836 (08/07/08 9:02 PM) Registered User |
I keep wanting to get one, but then I read good chunk of people that say shit like "This crashed on me and I lost everything" or "It overheats
and deletes stuff" or "It gave me herpes" or anything along those lines.
What do you intelligent people of the interweb think? |
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TexasBlues |
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Posts: 5244 (08/07/08 9:03 PM) Registered User |
Well, don't buy a cheap, shitty one and you should be fine. There's usually some warning before they crash completely - like crashing and
overheating.
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Posts: 1415 (08/07/08 9:27 PM) Registered user |
I use a Maxtor mini-external hd (a OneTouch 4 Mini), no problems with it. I read somewhere that there are problems with certain file types (exes and hidden
files) so maybe a different brand like WD would be better.
Consider using a thumb drive as additional backup. |
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Phuz1 |
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Posts: 2551 (08/07/08 10:14 PM) Registered user |
I had a Western Digital 500GB My Book. Exactly 11 days after its warranty expired, it died, and I lost all my data. Fortunately, I'd been using it as a
backup, so I still had the original files. Had I lost those files permanently, there would have been a pool of blood in the hallways of Western Digital's
corporate office. Do you know how long it takes to amass a 500GB pron collection?
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TexasBlues |
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Posts: 5248 (08/07/08 11:03 PM) Registered User |
That's why all essential files should also be backed up to "hard" media - like DVDs. All hard drives fail eventually.
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Posts: 1707 (08/08/08 1:13 AM) |
I've been using a Western Digital 250GB portable external hard drive---small footprint and convenient for travel too.
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snalpoacks |
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Posts: 1226 (08/08/08 1:15 AM) Stranger with benefits
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Maxtor OneTouch 500 GB, no problems so far, plus it was only 100 bucks.
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Pseudo Propaganda |
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Posts: 130 (08/08/08 1:19 AM) |
TexasBlues wrote: My experience with CD's and DVD's isn't 100% either. |
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Monsieur Muggles |
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Posts: 4703 (08/08/08 4:01 AM) |
I have two XHDs and they're the best thing in the world. I still don't have enough room on my comp, though. I feel like a formatting is in the cards
here pretty soon.
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lilnubber |
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Posts: 9571 (08/08/08 4:37 AM) Registered user |
I've been wanting to get one to back-up my iTunes music and photos.
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Onno |
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Posts: 2225 (08/08/08 5:10 AM) |
UNLESS YOU RUN A SERVER, THERE IS NEVER ANY NEED FOR MORE THAN 200 GB!!!
if you download video files on a regular basis (be it movies porn or TV shows) your HD will fill up seen enough and you'll either have to delete stuff or burn it to discs. Unless youre some sort of sicko hoarder who thinks he's gonna watch all that porn/movies/tvshows again, just trust that most your stuff will always be floating on the internet somewhere. |
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TequilaVaquero |
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Posts: 1838 (08/08/08 12:29 PM) Registered User |
I have about 500GB on my computer, it's not the storage space I am concerned about. My gofo just had to pay $100 to get all the data off of her laptop
after it stopped turing on (has all her grad school stuff on it). I just want to get something to back that up.
I would also use it because one DVD player has a USB port on it and I can watch movie files on a TV (or on my projector as it is hooked up now). |
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kf59 |
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Posts: 7593 (08/08/08 2:36 PM) Registered Abuser |
Onno wrote: STFU. Old series are rarely well-seeded to find again and will take days to download. Rare documentaries. Kid videos and educational whatnot for the kids. My music is over 80Gb alone and full of obscure shit. I have close to 2Tb on-line on my media PC ( half of which are on Maxtor One-Touches BTW ) and I need every Mb I can get! |
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Onno |
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Posts: 2232 (08/08/08 3:16 PM) |
ok
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Pseudo Propaganda |
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Posts: 133 (08/08/08 3:26 PM) |
lilnubber wrote: Go out and get it right now. I lost 2 years of photos on my computer because I didn't back them up and my logicboard died and took the hard drive with
it.
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