Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Jayanand. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Seeking Hard Drive Advice > Jim, > I think all makes of internal drives are quite reliable. The problem with > the internet is that the vocal few drown out the massive silent satisfied > majority. The 1 TB Barracuda drives I use for the most part have been > reliable, as have been Samsung drives which I have used in the past. The > real answer to reliability is backup, and if it is important irreplaceable > data, like my digital RAW files, multiple backup. I backup on a home > server > (every night) as well as external drives (once a week). I use a > combination > of Seagate Free Agent Extreme, as well as Free Agent Go external drives > for > the multiple backups. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 10:50 PM, Jim Nichols > <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: > >> I need to add an additional hard drive to my Dell Dimension 4700. I am >> seeking advice on the reliability of available SATA drives in the range >> of >> 250 to 640GB. I have used WD and Seagate Barracuda drives in the past, >> but >> find disturbing comments on the web on the reliability of their present >> products. >> >> I'm not out for blazing speed or a giant size drive. But, reliability is >> uppermost in my mind. Cool operation and low noise would follow. >> >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >