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Subject: [Leica] RE: External hard disk for backup - which ?
From: skrneta at mindspring.com (Sam Krneta)
Date: Wed Sep 1 05:28:53 2004

BD,

Not always possible. I sent a crashed drive to an outfit in CA that
specialized in data retrieval and they were unsuccessful. It was a sad day.
I suppose it could have been done but it's all about time and money. Maybe
the CIA could have retrieved the data.  

Sam

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+skrneta=mindspring.com@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+skrneta=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B.
D. Colen
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 11:42 AM
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: RE: [Leica] RE: External hard disk for backup - which ?

For a while now I've been using a four-drive system - a 30 gig C drive
with all my software - and a ton of vacant real estate - a 30 gig
scratch drive, which is also an enormous amount of wasted space. And a
pair of mirrored 80 gig drives for image storage - the theory being that
if one implodes, the other is still there. Of course, at the time this
thing was built for me, 80 gigs seemed like an enormous amount of space.
Now, despite moving gigs and gigs of images to DVDs, I still only have
about 12 gigs free on the 80 gigs. So now the question is what external
hard drive to add, and whether to use it for straight image storage and
access, or for backup. I'm sorely tempted by the 300 gig Maxor, and am
also sorely tempted to use it for storage and access, rather than backup
- the theory being that short of a building collapse or newquler war, it
will probably be possible to pay someone to get my images off the disc
if it dies. Is this not correct, IT mavens out there?

B. D.

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
J. Codispoti
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:19 PM
To: 'Leica Users Group'
Subject: [Leica] RE: External hard disk for backup - which ?


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





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