Bob Geldart
bgeldart at verizon.net
Thu Sep 17 10:31:17 CDT 2009
FWIW,
I got a 500G drive a few months ago to backup my internal 750,
planning to put data on the second drive internally.
Someone suggested a docking station ("toaster"), and I'm quite happy
with it. Can run off USB, or (as I have it) SATA connection. I can
easily pop in the external HD, do a clone of the main internal, or an
incremental with another data drive, then pop the drive out and store
it off site.
I used to have two internal drives, each with a backup area for the
other. As a data drive, the second was using the PC's power supply
constantly to just keep the drive running. The external docking
station doesn't do that.
There are some tricks to get used to, like getting the PC to
recognize the external drive. I plug in the drive, turn on the dock,
then reboot the PC, and all is well. But I can't swap drives while
the PC is on and have it see the external drive.
But as I say, I like the setup.
Just another thought.
Bob
At 9/17/2009 10:39 AM, you wrote:
>I'm going to buy an external hard drive -- should've done it a long time
>ago.
>
>Any recommendations? I need to buy one locally instead of online -- would
>have to make a 2 hour trip into the credit union to deposit funds and we
>don't "do" credit. They have them at Wal-mart, just don't know anything
>about brands, features, gotchas, etc.
>
>Seems to me like it should just be a question of size versus price
>balance -- I'm not expecting this to be a difficult process.
>
>Susan H.
>
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Bob Geldart BGeldart at verizon.net
Maynard, MA