Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Have you looked at the drobo? (www.drobo.com). I am using redundant external drives, but this looks a lot simpler. Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Tina Manley > Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:02 PM > To: lug at leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Seagate > > LUG: > > I've just had my second almost-new Seagate 1T external hard drive die > within a year. Seagate used to be the most reliable. I have several > 350 GB Seagates that are still going strong after 4 years. I know > Seagate bought Maxtor or Maxtor bought Seagate so maybe they aren't > dependable anymore? It is under warranty and will be replaced and I > had almost everything backed up, but it is a big nuisance and waste > of time to pack this thing up and ship it in and wait for a new one > (plus rescanning all of the slides I have scanned in the last week > and not backed up) :-( > > I know all hard drives fail eventually but which one is the "Leica" > of hard drives? Are there any that are more dependable? Are the 1T's > more likely to fail than a smaller capacity one? > > Help. > > Tina > > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information