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Caspius=GCHQ=
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Post subject: External Hard Drive  Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:54 pm |
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I'm looking for a 2TB USB 3 Hard Drive to keep a duplicate of things that are on my internal hard drive. I permanently back up files I want to keep to DVD.
These are what I looked at:
- Buffalo 2TB DriveStation External Hard Drive £110 2 year warranty
- WD 2TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive £94.93 2 year warranty
- LaCie P'9230 USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 2TB Porsche Design Desktop Drive £110 2 year Warranty
Should I have a preference on the make?
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:25 am |
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Caspius=GCHQ= wrote: I'm looking for a 2TB USB 3 Hard Drive to keep a duplicate of things that are on my internal hard drive. I permanently back up files I want to keep to DVD.
These are what I looked at:
- Buffalo 2TB DriveStation External Hard Drive £110 2 year warranty
- WD 2TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive £94.93 2 year warranty
- LaCie P'9230 USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 2TB Porsche Design Desktop Drive £110 2 year Warranty
Should I have a preference on the make? ive had 2 wd give up on me........  _________________   Went to a zoo, they only had one animal there, a dog............. It was a shitzu.... I’z leakin… bring amberlamps
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:19 am |
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what nicey said - google them and see wehat HD in inside and then google it to see if it has a high failure rate
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 4:10 am |
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I got a 1tb buffalo external, had for about 2 years, not had any probs with it. Got 2 internal WD 500gb, had constant inssues with but think its something else causing it... Have a 500gb wd which I'm not sure how old it is, flatty had it before me, still going... e
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 12:51 pm |
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I got a 2 TB WD with a USB 3 card in the end. I'm using Acronis True Image Home to back up the partitions on from my internal HD's. For the first time ever I now have a decent back up of everything on the PC.  _________________
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:21 pm |
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 12:35 am |
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Quote: Acronis True Image Home did you have to pay for that? _________________
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:03 am |
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happyslappy wrote: Quote: Acronis True Image Home did you have to pay for that? I can't answer that for fear of incriminating myself and my backed up partitions...  _________________
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:25 pm |
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nicey=GCHQ= wrote: Caspius=GCHQ= wrote: I'm looking for a 2TB USB 3 Hard Drive to keep a duplicate of things that are on my internal hard drive. I permanently back up files I want to keep to DVD.
These are what I looked at:
- Buffalo 2TB DriveStation External Hard Drive £110 2 year warranty
- WD 2TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive £94.93 2 year warranty
- LaCie P'9230 USB 3.0/ USB 2.0 2TB Porsche Design Desktop Drive £110 2 year Warranty
Should I have a preference on the make? ive had 2 wd give up on me........ I'm no IT guy but is the problem not sorted by having enough space in the freezer for the drive? Atleast I think that what my buddy Roberto does when they give up on him  .. Think he got the advice from some pro IT guys. _________________  .................................. FYI: Donald Duck = Anders And (in Danish) 
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:59 pm |
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if its any help.. had a Lacie 1TB network drive hosting all my er.. 'camcorder' movies for about 5 years.. on 24/7 and probably streams 8 hrs a night virtually every night.. not sure who makes the drive in there but its lasted.. no knocking or anything else. Awesome..
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:15 am |
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Caspius=GCHQ= wrote: happyslappy wrote: did you have to pay for that? I can't answer that for fear of incriminating myself and my backed up partitions... hehe - have a play with Macrium Reflect, 'tis free.
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Post subject: Re: External Hard Drive Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 3:28 pm |
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