external hard drive

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:15 pm

i got a really good deal on a 500gb external hard drive from office max. if anyone's interested in gettin one, this week is perfect for you. sale ends saturday 04/28/2007it also has a five year manufacturer warranty Seagate FreeAgent250GB for $79.99, Reg $149.99 320GB for $99.99, Reg $169.99 500GB for $139.99, Reg $209.99 http://www.officemax.com/max/s...=null

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:19 pm

Wow, and my uncle used to work for Seagate! lol Def a great deal!

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:20 pm

it's not an "online only" sale either, which makes it even better

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:28 pm

not bad for a external not bad at all. I just got a 500gb WD internal SATA2, 16mb cache 7200rpm drive for like $120 I think. So when you add in the external case thats a good deal!

AKLGT · Post by **AKLGT** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:46 pm

they are more here. besides, i already have one... don't think i need another. but that's a great price!

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:19 pm

hope you need more! then you can raid them aka data redundancy

coldmm803 · Post by **coldmm803** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:13 pm

that is a great deal, if only i had money and needed another driveIMO, raid is useless, it doesnt protect data from all of the reasons i would want data duplication. reasons why duplication would be good, 1) prevent accidental deletion 2) advanced virus that cant be removed 3) data corruptiontoo bad raid doesnt prevent any of that, its only good if the drive physically dies, on a desktop pc, i've not had a drive die in like the past 8yrs. so basiclly a pc will be replaced before the drive will likely die. but since i built my pc nov 05, i've had corruption of windows 3 times

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 6:06 pm

so what all do you think i should back up on my comp?? all i have on it now is my music, movies, pics, n a few documents. i'm not super smart when it comes to this stuff, so any help would be cool

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:03 am

the only thing i HAVE to have backed up is my school work. all the movies/games/music is meh it would be nice. If i could id run a couple raid 5's and have my OS on its own hdd w/raid. mmmm hdd's.

slvrvibes · Post by **slvrvibes** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:30 pm

That's a pretty good deal.I just got two internal 160 GB SATA II, 7200RPM Maxtor hard drives pretty cheap through Fry's. $39.99 reg. $69.99.

MRCN RCE · Post by **MRCN RCE** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:52 pm

what's raid?? the only raid i know about is the bug killer

scott_h · Post by **scott_h** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:44 am

Quote, originally posted by MRCN RCE Â»so what all do you think i should back up on my comp?? all i have on it now is my music, movies, pics, n a few documents. i'm not super smart when it comes to this stuff, so any help would be coolA lot depends how you organize your computer, but the things I back up are (and some are repeats from your list):picturesfavorites'My Documents'iTunes musicOutlook mail fileQuicken data fileI have a program that automatically backs them up to a second internal hard drive (in case the main ever would die) and every now and then I back up that drive to an external drive and keep it in a safe - in case, God forbid, there are ever any disasters like fire or tornado. It's definitely overkill, but I'd rather back up too much vs not enough. And drive space is relatively cheap! (compared to paying to recover from a damaged drive - most importantly digital pics)

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