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Posted by Jack Gillis on January 24, 2006, 7:49 am
Please log in for more thread options I've always had good luck with Seagate and Maxtor so I am considering those and would like to have the opinion of this group on each. One other question. One of the Seagates, if I read the ads and reviews correctly, apparently has two USB connectors so that power for the drive can be drawn from two ports if one can't supply enough power. Does this seem reasonable and worthwhile. I would really like not to have another AC adapter around 'cuz I am running out of sockets. Thank you very much. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by old jon on January 24, 2006, 11:16 am
Please log in for more thread options your USB ports. If you`re short on sockets, get another surge protector distributor board -- bw..OJ | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Paul on January 24, 2006, 11:23 am
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> The time has come (quoting the walrus) to add a USB Hard Drive for backup.
> I've always had good luck with Seagate and Maxtor so I am considering those > and would like to have the opinion of this group on each. > > One other question. One of the Seagates, if I read the ads and reviews > correctly, apparently has two USB connectors so that power for the drive can > be drawn from two ports if one can't supply enough power. Does this seem > reasonable and worthwhile. I would really like not to have another AC > adapter around 'cuz I am running out of sockets. > > Thank you very much. > These solutions allow you to slide a drive into the tray, do a backup, and remove the drive for safe keeping. A mobile rack preserves full drive bandwidth. Mobile IDE drive rack: http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16817121109 Mobile SATA drive rack: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817121178 Pictures of SATA drive rack: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?image=17-121-178-01.jpg,17-121-178-02.jpg,17-121-178-03.jpg,17-121-178-04.jpg,17-121-178-05.jpg&CurImage=17-121-178-02.jpg&Description=KINGWIN%20KF-812-BK%20SATA%20Mobile%20Rack%20-%20Retail If you want a USB drive enclosure, picking a 5 1/4" model may give you a build-in power supply for the disk drive. That allows any reasonable drive to be used, without worrying about yet another adapter. Still needs an AC line cord, but is easier to deal with. Even though they look huge, I still like devices like this. http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Product_Id=159111# It is half the price here. Read the reviews. It has the standard issue of "crappy fan". My practice when buying enclosures, is to immediately go to my local electronics store, and buy a nice ball bearing fan with connector on the end, and plug it in place of the fan shipped in the enclosure. I've had original fans act up in as little as a day, so I don't even bother to test them any more, and just replace them on receipt of product. If warranty work is needed, I can always put the original fan back, assuming it is connectorized and convenient to swap. Some of the sleeve bearing fans in these enclosures, even leave a small puddle of oil on the bottom of the enclosure, when you open it up to install the drive. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817146153 Another issue is ventilation. Some USB/Firewire enclosures do come with a fan, and then the idiots don't drill any holes for air intake. A few minutes in the basement, with a hand drill and a metal drill guide (to prevent slippage), and the enclosure breathes like a king :-) If you don't want to drill holes in the nice fascia, you can drill them in the front bottom area of the enclosure. HTH, Paul | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on January 24, 2006, 6:25 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:49:40 -0500, "Jack Gillis"
>The time has come (quoting the walrus) to add a USB Hard Drive for backup.
>I've always had good luck with Seagate and Maxtor so I am considering those >and would like to have the opinion of this group on each. > >One other question. One of the Seagates, if I read the ads and reviews >correctly, apparently has two USB connectors so that power for the drive can >be drawn from two ports if one can't supply enough power. Does this seem >reasonable and worthwhile. I would really like not to have another AC >adapter around 'cuz I am running out of sockets. I don't think anyone really "likes" AC adapters or any other blobs/cables/etc/so-forth, yet they exist because they are the best option. If you got a laptop drive based external then you'd have low enough power usage that it could run from 2 different USB port (pairs, not two ports side-by-side) or with a tap into the PS2 port. This would make it smaller in size but capacity too. Unless you have a specific need to transport this alot it would be better to just get a normal full-sized ~ 3.5" and external power supply. Seagate or Maxtor... sure, either will work and the random odds of either failing are low but still present. A specific sample of drive and it's handling will tend to matter more than which brand. If the data is important, have multiple backup copies. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jack Gillis on January 24, 2006, 6:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thank you very much. From what I've read here, I will go with an AC adapter
model. Probably the Seagate. Thanks again. > On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:49:40 -0500, "Jack Gillis"
> >>The time has come (quoting the walrus) to add a USB Hard Drive for backup.
>>I've always had good luck with Seagate and Maxtor so I am considering >>those >>and would like to have the opinion of this group on each. >> >>One other question. One of the Seagates, if I read the ads and reviews >>correctly, apparently has two USB connectors so that power for the drive >>can >>be drawn from two ports if one can't supply enough power. Does this seem >>reasonable and worthwhile. I would really like not to have another AC >>adapter around 'cuz I am running out of sockets. >
> > I don't think anyone really "likes" AC adapters or any other > blobs/cables/etc/so-forth, yet they exist because they are > the best option. > > If you got a laptop drive based external then you'd have low > enough power usage that it could run from 2 different USB > port (pairs, not two ports side-by-side) or with a tap into > the PS2 port. This would make it smaller in size but > capacity too. Unless you have a specific need to transport > this alot it would be better to just get a normal full-sized > ~ 3.5" and external power supply. > > Seagate or Maxtor... sure, either will work and the random > odds of either failing are low but still present. A > specific sample of drive and it's handling will tend to > matter more than which brand. If the data is important, > have multiple backup copies. > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- | |||||||||||||||||||
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> I've always had good luck with Seagate and Maxtor so I am considering
> those and would like to have the opinion of this group on each.
>
> One other question. One of the Seagates, if I read the ads and reviews
> correctly, apparently has two USB connectors so that power for the drive
> can be drawn from two ports if one can't supply enough power. Does this
> seem reasonable and worthwhile. I would really like not to have another
> AC adapter around 'cuz I am running out of sockets.
>
> Thank you very much.