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September 30th 05, 02:26 AM
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Ext. USB HD Choice?
What's the best choice for an external USB2 HD in the 200GB-400GB range to
be used mainly for backups? WDC has three similar models all with 8MB onboard cache + USB2 & Firewi WDXB2500JB http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001094.pdf WDXC2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/combo/2879-001073.pdf WDXF2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001091.pdf Which one does one get? Are there other makes, models and sizes to consider? What about backup or imaging software? Do any of these external USB HD products come with a backup software(XP SP2) solution in the same league or better than Acronis TrueImage? Do any external USB HD products have cases which mount the drive to specifically protect from shock/impact? What criteria for making a choice have I missed? All the prices seem to be in the same ballpark. 
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September 30th 05, 06:33 AM
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"fred" wrote in message ... What's the best choice for an external USB2 HD in the 200GB-400GB range to be used mainly for backups? WDC has three similar models all with 8MB onboard cache + USB2 & Firewi WDXB2500JB http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001094.pdf WDXC2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/combo/2879-001073.pdf WDXF2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001091.pdf Which one does one get? Are there other makes, models and sizes to consider? What about backup or imaging software? Do any of these external USB HD products come with a backup software(XP SP2) solution in the same league or better than Acronis TrueImage? Do any external USB HD products have cases which mount the drive to specifically protect from shock/impact? What criteria for making a choice have I missed? All the prices seem to be in the same ballpark. the choice is endless and you will get differing suggestions, I have 3 Maxtor's (30, 200 and 250 gig) in external cases and all work fine. The WD look nice and will do the job intended. as for the software I fully recommend Acronis Trueimage. I have used it to rescue all the data off a hard drive. dj
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September 30th 05, 07:43 AM
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"fred" wrote in message ... What's the best choice for an external USB2 HD in the 200GB-400GB range to be used mainly for backups? WDC has three similar models all with 8MB onboard cache + USB2 & Firewi WDXB2500JB http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001094.pdf WDXC2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/combo/2879-001073.pdf WDXF2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001091.pdf Which one does one get? Are there other makes, models and sizes to consider? What about backup or imaging software? Do any of these external USB HD products come with a backup software(XP SP2) solution in the same league or better than Acronis TrueImage? Do any external USB HD products have cases which mount the drive to specifically protect from shock/impact? What criteria for making a choice have I missed? All the prices seem to be in the same ballpark. I did a do it youself external rig for cheaper then the ready made ones... picked up a maxtor 160gig hard drive for less than a hundred bux... was on sale at worst buy. Threw it into an external USB/Firewire enclosure i picked up at fry's for fifteen bux. It's worked great. Had it nearly a year, use it to store backup copies of all my critical documents, plus drive image disk images from both my laptop and desktop. If i have a hard disk failure or other major fault in my computers I can recall the correct image and save some trouble... if its a file snafu that has produced a corrupt image then at least i have the critical documents stored seperately outside of the image. Just for good measure i still burn critical documents etc off to a CD (not enough yet to fill a DVD) from time to time and keep two levels of CD revision in my fire safe. As far as shock protection, I haven't seen any recently, but then again I haven't been looking for one, would be reasonable for use with a laptop tho..... One word of advice tho, make sure your PC has USB 2.0 ports on it, had to throw a PCMCIA USB2.0 card into my laptop to get any reasonable transfer rates.
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September 30th 05, 08:11 AM
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What the heck are you backing up in the 200-400GB range?
Just curious? "fred" wrote in message ... What's the best choice for an external USB2 HD in the 200GB-400GB range to be used mainly for backups? WDC has three similar models all with 8MB onboard cache + USB2 & Firewi WDXB2500JB http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001094.pdf WDXC2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/combo/2879-001073.pdf WDXF2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001091.pdf Which one does one get? Are there other makes, models and sizes to consider? What about backup or imaging software? Do any of these external USB HD products come with a backup software(XP SP2) solution in the same league or better than Acronis TrueImage? Do any external USB HD products have cases which mount the drive to specifically protect from shock/impact? What criteria for making a choice have I missed? All the prices seem to be in the same ballpark.
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September 30th 05, 08:54 AM
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"Fred" wrote in message news:gy5%e.255010$9A2.200562@edtnps89... What the heck are you backing up in the 200-400GB range? The 200-400GB comes from the optimal pricepoint in today's market. One can keep multiple cycles from more that one system on it. Just like Field of Dreams build it and they will come aka provide it and you'll fill it. Just curious? "fred" wrote in message ... What's the best choice for an external USB2 HD in the 200GB-400GB range to be used mainly for backups? WDC has three similar models all with 8MB onboard cache + USB2 & Firewi WDXB2500JB http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001094.pdf WDXC2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/combo/2879-001073.pdf WDXF2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001091.pdf Which one does one get? Are there other makes, models and sizes to consider? What about backup or imaging software? Do any of these external USB HD products come with a backup software(XP SP2) solution in the same league or better than Acronis TrueImage? Do any external USB HD products have cases which mount the drive to specifically protect from shock/impact? What criteria for making a choice have I missed? All the prices seem to be in the same ballpark.
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#6
September 30th 05, 11:22 AM
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In article gy5%e.255010$9A2.200562@edtnps89, Fred
wrote: What the heck are you backing up in the 200-400GB range? Just curious? Doesn't have to be just for backups. It's just another storage device. It's used the exact same way you use the main drive inside the computer. I set iTunes to store everything on the external; some 70 GB. That's handy.
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September 30th 05, 12:25 PM
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"fred" wrote in message ... What's the best choice for an external USB2 HD in the 200GB-400GB range to be used mainly for backups? WDC has three similar models all with 8MB onboard cache + USB2 & Firewi WDXB2500JB http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001094.pdf WDXC2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/combo/2879-001073.pdf WDXF2500JBRNN http://www.wdc.com/en/library/dual-o...879-001091.pdf Which one does one get? Are there other makes, models and sizes to consider? What about backup or imaging software? Do any of these external USB HD products come with a backup software(XP SP2) solution in the same league or better than Acronis TrueImage? Do any external USB HD products have cases which mount the drive to specifically protect from shock/impact? What criteria for making a choice have I missed? All the prices seem to be in the same ballpark. 1. Get yourself an `Icybox` USB\Firewire enclosure 2. Get a Seagate Hard drive 3. Mount drive in enclosure 4. that`s a good set-up. best wishes..OJ
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