Exturnal backup

[NumptyNuts]

Just a quickie saw a mate yesterday who to my great disappoinment has gone into business starting a compnay that gets work permits so people can come to the UK.

Basically he needs to back up, I was shocked when he said he didnt, anyhow he currently stores 300g of data and its increasing all the time given the amount of paper work he scans.

Basically looking for advice on a good drive that wont let him down for the job, handle being moved about :)

Any ideas please

[JT]

http://www.beerandbollocks.com/prizes/

We have one on there we are giving away. I have two running all the time as double back up. 500gig and fast and reliable and nice to use, the price has come down a fair bit too

Maxtor One Touch 3 500GB 7200rpm USB2 16mb
This handsome unit plugs into your personal computer via a USB or a FireWire 400 port. Simply plug in the drive and the Maxtor OneTouch III appears on your desktop. Easy to use installation and backup software will have you up and running in minutes. Designed based on customer feedback to fit into your daily lifestyle, the Maxtor OneTouch III solution includes automatic synchronizing of data between your laptop, home, and work systems. Maxtor even designed it to easily stack additional storage drives later if you need to, without any additional stands or clutter. Retailing at £218 at amazon this is an excellent prize for webmasters


* Product Description: Maxtor OneTouch III USB 2.0 - hard drive - 500 GB - Hi-Speed USB
* Type: Hard drive - external
* Dimensions (WxDxH): 13.6 cm x 6.5 cm x 21.7 cm
* Weight: 1.5 kg
* Capacity: 500 GB
* Interface Type: Hi-Speed USB
* Connector: 4 pin USB
* Data Transfer Rate: 480 Mbps
* Average Seek Time: 9 ms
* Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm
* Buffer Size: 16 MB
* OS Required: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows XP
* Power: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
* Manufacturer Warranty: 2 years warranty

[NumptyNuts]

yeah thought I won it last round but it was all called off at the last due to bad weather ;)

[Scotty.T]

http://www.beerandbollocks.com/prizes/

We have one on there we are giving away. I have two running all the time as double back up. 500gig and fast and reliable and nice to use, the price has come down a fair bit too

Maxtor One Touch 3 500GB 7200rpm USB2 16mb

Is this one a truly 'one-touch' solution.

I was disappointed with the Freecom one I bought. Says on-touch but it's actually, one-touch > wait 20 mins > click mouse to confirm > wait 20 mins > click mouse to confirm again.

Pain in the arse.

Is the fan noisy too?

[JT]

Is this one a truly 'one-touch' solution.

I was disappointed with the Freecom one I bought. Says on-touch but it's actually, one-touch > wait 20 mins > click mouse to confirm > wait 20 mins > click mouse to confirm again.

Pain in the arse.

Is the fan noisy too?

hmmm. Maybe two touches, it does ask you if you want to over right a new file, click yes to all and thats that

I think its quiete, but then my PC makes more noise than most so probably covers up the sound

[Mattyboy]

Buffalo do some nice drives from simple 300gb firewire drives to NAS solutions.
Heres my set up for extra back up of back up which gives me 6TB

I've used Lacies in the past and all 4 died within 18 months :(

http://realsexcash.com/buffalo.jpg

[JT]

Buffalo do some nice drives from simple 300gb firewire drives to NAS solutions.
Heres my set up for extra back up of back up which gives me 6TB

I've used Lacies in the past and all 4 died within 18 months :(

http://realsexcash.com/buffalo.jpg


If this was top trumps for external hard drives you would be the winner so far :(

[NumptyNuts]

Buffalo do some nice drives from simple 300gb firewire drives to NAS solutions.
Heres my set up for extra back up of back up which gives me 6TB

I've used Lacies in the past and all 4 died within 18 months :(

http://realsexcash.com/buffalo.jpg


fuck me mate you love your toys ;)

[SimonSubAms]

Buffalo do some nice drives from simple 300gb firewire drives to NAS solutions.
Heres my set up for extra back up of back up which gives me 6TB

I've used Lacies in the past and all 4 died within 18 months :(

http://realsexcash.com/buffalo.jpg

That's the sorta thing that makes me cum in my pants nowadays (apart from WFH's avatars!)

I'd imagine that would make life a lot easier than the amount of harddrives I have to keep track of. Looks like it's time to upgrade :)

[SGS]

Buffalo do some nice drives from simple 300gb firewire drives to NAS solutions.
Heres my set up for extra back up of back up which gives me 6TB

I've used Lacies in the past and all 4 died within 18 months :(

http://realsexcash.com/buffalo.jpg

I have a stack of Buffalo drives here but I don't get along with the network cabled ones. :(

[drunken]

those buffalo drives look amazing :)

I have a couple of maxtor external 320gb drives that I back up all my content/sites/galleries too.

they do the job fine for me.

I also burn most things to dvd over time, just so I have back ups of back ups :)

might sound paranoid but a few years back my mother board blew up taking most of my work/content with it, stupidly at the time I wasn't backing up much, and vowed never to be left in that situation ever, ever again...

[JT]

those buffalo drives look amazing :)

I have a couple of maxtor external 320gb drives that I back up all my content/sites/galleries too.

they do the job fine for me.

I also burn most things to dvd over time, just so I have back ups of back ups :)

might sound paranoid but a few years back my mother board blew up taking most of my work/content with it, stupidly at the time I wasn't backing up much, and vowed never to be left in that situation ever, ever again...

we have all learned that little lesson, I no longer back up on dvd though, just two 500gig hard drives, I cant be arsed to although I did buy 100 to do that very thing

[Geezer]

http://www.beerandbollocks.com/prizes/

We have one on there we are giving away. I have two running all the time as double back up. 500gig and fast and reliable and nice to use, the price has come down a fair bit too

Maxtor One Touch 3 500GB 7200rpm USB2 16mb
This handsome unit plugs into your personal computer via a USB or a FireWire 400 port. Simply plug in the drive and the Maxtor OneTouch III appears on your desktop. Easy to use installation and backup software will have you up and running in minutes. Designed based on customer feedback to fit into your daily lifestyle, the Maxtor OneTouch III solution includes automatic synchronizing of data between your laptop, home, and work systems. Maxtor even designed it to easily stack additional storage drives later if you need to, without any additional stands or clutter. Retailing at £218 at amazon this is an excellent prize for webmasters


* Product Description: Maxtor OneTouch III USB 2.0 - hard drive - 500 GB - Hi-Speed USB
* Type: Hard drive - external
* Dimensions (WxDxH): 13.6 cm x 6.5 cm x 21.7 cm
* Weight: 1.5 kg
* Capacity: 500 GB
* Interface Type: Hi-Speed USB
* Connector: 4 pin USB
* Data Transfer Rate: 480 Mbps
* Average Seek Time: 9 ms
* Spindle Speed: 7200 rpm
* Buffer Size: 16 MB
* OS Required: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional , Microsoft Windows XP
* Power: AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
* Manufacturer Warranty: 2 years warranty

Yeah I have one of those, I won it from here actually. I was hoping to get another when I made the 100,000th post but it was all fiddled. I didn't even get my bag of Monster Munch :geezer:

[JT]

Yeah I have one of those, I won it from here actually. I was hoping to get another when I made the 100,000th post but it was all fiddled. I didn't even get my bag of Monster Munch :geezer:

I gave you extra popodums at the dinner

[Rosie]

I've just bought a cheap Lacie 250Gb external... but it keeps telling me it's full when I try to copy huge (several Gb) files to it.... but it's got nearly 200Gb of space left. Apparently it's formatted to Fat32 - If I reformat it to that other Win XP file system, will that cure it?

[Damian]

I would suggest NTFS, but also I've had two lacies choke on me. And they choked not long oafter starting to do errors like yours is reporting.

Now I use the Western Digital MyBook thing. Very nice.


http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=224

[Rosie]

NTFS - that's the kiddie - I was going to put NTSC but then realised I was being a soppy tart. This freaking Lacie had better not die on me - it's only a couple of weeks old......and it's external casing is designed by Porsche too apparently LOL

[Hinc]

I've used Lacies in the past and all 4 died within 18 months :(


They would, wouldnt they.
Theres a Maxtor hidden inside those.

[Rosie]

Why don't people tell me this BEFORE I buy things? :(

[Mattyboy]

NTFS - that's the kiddie - I was going to put NTSC but then realised I was being a soppy tart. This freaking Lacie had better not die on me - it's only a couple of weeks old......and it's external casing is designed by Porsche too apparently LOL

If you hear the drive clicking, start to worry :(

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lacie+drive+dead&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

[Damian]

Why don't people tell me this BEFORE I buy things? :(

Ebay it and get a Seagate or Western Digital. The enclosure is nice with the LaCie's, but as pointed out its a Maxstor inside it. The Iceland own label of hard drives.

[ukbukkake]

Is this one a truly 'one-touch' solution.

I was disappointed with the Freecom one I bought. Says on-touch but it's actually, one-touch > wait 20 mins > click mouse to confirm > wait 20 mins > click mouse to confirm again.

Pain in the arse.

Is the fan noisy too?

I have a freecom one too, biggest pile of shite I ever bought!!