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Nelson Bradford
17th December 2005, 11:41 AM (11:41)
Am thinking about purchasing an external hard drive - just for back-up/safety purposes - for Christmas.

Any suggestions on makes and models?

Any that I should AVOID purchasing????

Thanx
-neb

ps - Isn't God good?!
G R 'Scott' Cundiff
17th December 2005, 11:49 AM (11:49)
Nelson, we have a huge Seagate external USB hard drive at KJIC -- 200 gigs. For back up purposes, it works just fine. I think we paid around $175 for it.
Nelson Bradford
17th December 2005, 07:36 PM (19:36)
Here's what Mrs. Santa bought for me this evening.

8-)

Maxtor 100GB One Touch II 7200 8MB External Hard Drive $149.98 at Staples.
Cecil Wallace
18th December 2005, 04:17 PM (16:17)
Here's what Mrs. Santa bought for me this evening.

Maxtor 100GB One Touch II 7200 8MB External Hard Drive $149.98 at Staples.
Wow.. you are really going hi-tech these days.
A new e-mail account with a very fast connection.
A new external hard drive.
Are you getting a new laptop, too?

I'm impressed, Sir Nelson.
:fav18
Joel Merrill
18th December 2005, 07:08 PM (19:08)
I bought a Maxtor hard drive for a computer I used to have. It didn't last very long. Since then I have heard several people say that they aren't very good.

Joel
Adam Spriggs
18th December 2005, 08:00 PM (20:00)
I've had good experiences with Maxtor drives over the years. I currently have an internal one in my Dell. I've had the most problems with Seagate and Western Digital drives. I've got three dead hard drives in my shop at the moment -- a WD, Quantum and a Seagate.
Adam Spriggs
21st December 2005, 02:19 PM (14:19)
Check that.

Seagate acquires Maxtor (http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051221-5816.html)
Nelson Bradford
22nd December 2005, 06:59 AM (06:59)
WOW!
Thanx, Adam
I took the 100 gig back and exchanged for 200 gig.
Should I keep it?
-neb
Adam Spriggs
22nd December 2005, 07:10 AM (07:10)
I think I'd keep it.
Nelson Bradford
22nd December 2005, 08:57 AM (08:57)
thanx
I think I will!
It's my current plan - after opening Christmas Day - not sure I'll get it up and running Sunday, but Mon at the latest - is to back up the entire hard drive of my computer EVERY day - by leaving it plugged in and just hitting the "one touch" button every night.

How's that for a plan, Adam?
Norayr Hajian
25th February 2006, 01:29 AM (01:29)
I think I'm kind of late responding to this... but all I did was buy an external case that plugs into my USB port and I can put whatever size internal hard drive I want into it. In a matter of minutes I can change the hard drive in the case if I want. Found this to be significantly less expensive than buying a ready-made external hard drive.