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terrie · 06-23-2007, 11:54 AM

Somebody talk to me about their experiences with external harddrives please...

I think that I'd need to go with either Firewire or USB2--I know there are new SATA drives out but I don't understand how you connect them to a system...

I also know that people often buy a drive by itself and then put it in an enclosure but I don't know enough about enclosures to make an intelligent decision...

Also...how trustworthy (as in how long to the drives last) are they--the external drives, not necessarily the separate enclosures...

How do you use them--backup only?

Thanks!

Terrie

06-23-2007, 11:54 AM	#1
terrie Staff Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 9,109	External harddrives... Somebody talk to me about their experiences with external harddrives please... I think that I'd need to go with either Firewire or USB2--I know there are new SATA drives out but I don't understand how you connect them to a system... I also know that people often buy a drive by itself and then put it in an enclosure but I don't know enough about enclosures to make an intelligent decision... Also...how trustworthy (as in how long to the drives last) are they--the external drives, not necessarily the separate enclosures... How do you use them--backup only? Thanks! Terrie

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