I am considering an external hard drive but what is the transfer rate via the USB. I have about 50 g of photos alone
2006-09-16 02:59:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
For 50Gb an external hard drive is really your only answer and is basically what I do as I'm in the same situation. I have almost a TB of storage to back up all my work.
External hard drives as, as far as I can tell, only ther slightest bit slower than normal internals, especially if you set them up correctly and use the best connections.
In essence it will come down to how tech savy you are and how much you want to spend.
Lacie do a 250 & 500gb external drive (I use the latter) which works well for me.
Floppies, CDs and even DVDs really won't work. Zip drives are a bit more dated now.
2006-09-16 03:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by Felidae 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we considered this for similar growing volumes in the office. Rejected tape (mechanical failure, cartridges no cheaper than usb hard drives, a decent drive costs a fortune) and DVD (degrades over time, not actually that much space on them).
We currently run a cycle of three external USB hard disks, 300GB each, which are kinda run of the mill now. I'm quite happy with that system. One in the office, two in my house at all times except when one is being swapped.
2006-09-16 03:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best of british. Ive just had to teach myself cos I couldnt make head nor tails of the instruction manual. I even bought an Idiots giude and that was almost useless. Though it did point me in the right direction
2006-09-16 04:22:08 · answer #3 · answered by smiley face 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many ways
floppy disc
cd r
dvd
zip drive
you can now get the memory cards to just plug into usb, store and back up what you like and then unplug. easy and simple. think there around £30 for big memory but cheaper for smaller so depends what you wish to back up.
2006-09-16 03:03:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jay 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only safe 100% way cd or disc
2006-09-16 03:08:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if your computer has a firewire port buy and external harddrive with a firewire port the information will send quicker
2006-09-16 03:09:56 · answer #6 · answered by a 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its going to take a long time good luck!
2006-09-16 05:19:09 · answer #7 · answered by mummy to 3 miracles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on dvd
2006-09-16 03:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋