Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/30

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Subject: [Leica] RE: External hard disk for backup - which ?
From: joecodi at clearsightusa.com (J. Codispoti)
Date: Mon Aug 30 10:19:13 2004
 
Phong,

The choice, given some considerations, is a matter
of space needed.

I settled for Western Digital 120GB USB drive
which I put in an aluminum case with fan
ventilation.

I think that the case is as important a factor as
the drive since aluminum, while it does dissipate
heat also becomes warm enough to damage the drive.

www.tigerdirect.com had a special last week on a
200GB Maxtor drive for $90 or so, if I remember
correctly.
Maxtor has a better record than Western Digital
when it comes to breakdowns.

Incidentally, I have a third internal drive which
I use for making a second copy of my documents
(copies on "C" and on "D").
The external drive is used for backup of the
entire system including the registry.

Joe
Replies: Reply from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] RE: External hard disk for backup - which ?)
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