Any thoughts on THIS HARD DRIVE?
I read the reviews and can't decide whether it's good or bad. The price is very good for the amount of storage.
I'm going to use it to back up my new iMac.
thanks in advance for any thoughts or recommendations.
External Hard Drive
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One Terra for those prices?
I have a 40 gig Ion (same brand) and it truly is the best thing I ever purchased for my computer. I use it to transfer my stuff from work to home and back again.
It’s about 3 years old and gets near constant use.
Mine is a USB but it uses the power from the computer. Great for desktops but some laptops don’t give it enough juice and for them I would need to get a “fire wire”.
I have a 40 gig Ion (same brand) and it truly is the best thing I ever purchased for my computer. I use it to transfer my stuff from work to home and back again.
It’s about 3 years old and gets near constant use.
Mine is a USB but it uses the power from the computer. Great for desktops but some laptops don’t give it enough juice and for them I would need to get a “fire wire”.
A sufficiently copious dose of bombast drenched in verbose writing is lethal to the truth.
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It's fairly chunky and heavy. I have 4 hard drives now, two internal two external.
The problem being that all my programs and OS are on the smallest and oldest.
I'm at that point of, do I upgrade bits again, or get a new, all singing all dancing computer.
I know what Hen would prefer, I know what I would prefer!
Maybe if I get her a laptop for Xmas, I can build myself a superfast desktop, and set up my old computer as a server.
The problem being that all my programs and OS are on the smallest and oldest.
I'm at that point of, do I upgrade bits again, or get a new, all singing all dancing computer.
I know what Hen would prefer, I know what I would prefer!
Maybe if I get her a laptop for Xmas, I can build myself a superfast desktop, and set up my old computer as a server.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Let’s face it, you can only have the operating system on one drive.
And it must be seen as the C drive.
The only value to an external drive is that the data is portable. If all you want is a backup system, then you don’t need an external drive. You could do it with a less expensive internal drive,
And it must be seen as the C drive.
The only value to an external drive is that the data is portable. If all you want is a backup system, then you don’t need an external drive. You could do it with a less expensive internal drive,
A sufficiently copious dose of bombast drenched in verbose writing is lethal to the truth.
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WTF? Get a data-stick, that's what I do. Quick and painless.
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I resemble them feelings...loCAtek wrote:WTF? Get a data-stick, that's what I do. Quick and painless.
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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If I ever get to the point where I have disposable income again I'm gonna get a hard drive for exclusive use for my Windoze partition.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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What's the advantage of that C-P?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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On-line back up. Carbonite.com. You don't even have to think about it and it's constantly working.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
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I'm not CP but I have 2 hard drives.Gob wrote:What's the advantage of that C-P?
One is for my OS the other is for everything else.
If the OS crashes I don't lose anything thing there is more than evough room inside the PC box so there's not abunch of extra boxes on the desk.
But that's just me...
Sometimes it seems as though one has to cross the line just to figger out where it is
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Sounds sensible.
When I've worked out WTF I'm doing with our present computer I may look into that.
When I've worked out WTF I'm doing with our present computer I may look into that.
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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Since I run two OSs better securithy
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
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What's a computer?
Why is it that when Miley Cyrus gets naked and licks a hammer it's 'art' and 'edgy' but when I do it I'm 'drunk' and 'banned from the hardware store'?
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Speaking of back ups....
Back Up Your Registry.
Trust me on this
Back Up Your Registry.
Trust me on this
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
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A nice door stop.Sean wrote:What's a computer?
A Yard ornament.
A paperweight.
A jack stand.
An object that makes a satisfying crash when thrown on the floor or out the window when it hits the sidewalk 4 stories below.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato