Comments on: Why you should never buy an external HD drive

By: obbop

obbop — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:14:00 +0000

That's a LOT of tentacle p*** to lose.

Takes a looooong time to find it and download it again.

By: obbop

obbop — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:14:00 +0000

That’s a LOT of tentacle p*** to lose.

Takes a looooong time to find it and download it again.

By: Emporium

Emporium — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:47:00 +0000

AWESOME…

I sent them my naked/bare 750GB drive (ie: clamshell removed/damaged), and they just sent me back a refurbished complete unit, including a new power supply, and usb cable… Gotta love these logistics companies who handle the RMAs…

Thnx Guys…

By: Emporium

Emporium — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:47:00 +0000

AWESOME…
I sent them my naked/bare 750GB drive (ie: clamshell removed/damaged), and they just sent me back a refurbished complete unit, including a new power supply, and usb cable… Gotta love these logistics companies who handle the RMAs…
Thnx Guys…

By: SaeedM

SaeedM — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:14:00 +0000

I would go with a 20GB system partition even with XP and 5GB would be a complete no-no, especially with the price per GB nowadays.

By: Rob Dunn

Rob Dunn — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:45:00 +0000

Yikes… I have a couple computers in my house (including one that acts as a server), and I do a 'round-robin' backup; system 'A' backs up to system 'B', system 'B' backs its data up to system 'C', system 'C' to system 'A'. That way I always have two copies of my files. You need enough spare drive space for this, but it is a decent method, and has saved me once (which makes it worthwhile!).

By: SaeedM

SaeedM — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:14:00 +0000

I would go with a 20GB system partition even with XP and 5GB would be a complete no-no, especially with the price per GB nowadays.

By: Rob Dunn

Rob Dunn — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:45:00 +0000

Yikes… I have a couple computers in my house (including one that acts as a server), and I do a ’round-robin’ backup; system ‘A’ backs up to system ‘B’, system ‘B’ backs its data up to system ‘C’, system ‘C’ to system ‘A’. That way I always have two copies of my files. You need enough spare drive space for this, but it is a decent method, and has saved me once (which makes it worthwhile!).

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:31:00 +0000

Once it fails, you can also try oven. ;)

Just joking I could not access (and thus read) the GAS 1.0 article linked above.

By: Jalaj

Jalaj — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:31:00 +0000

Once it fails, you can also try oven. ;)
Just joking I could not access (and thus read) the GAS 1.0 article linked above.

By: Emporium

Emporium — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:24:00 +0000

So I guess I'll try it with my 750GB, since it is now making clacking noises… :) Got whatever data I needed off of it, so I will try to send back with RMA.

Thnx

By: Kiltak

Kiltak — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:20:00 +0000

Emporium: Brian is away in New Zealand right now.. but he posted about this here: http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/08/21/update-sea...