I'm planning on buying a cheap 40GB hard drive for about 70$ to store my pictures and videos in. I was wondering, are external hard drives dependable in keeping such media? I guess my only concern would be for it to not be erased or damaged.
For those who have experience with external hard drves/storage, I would really love to hear about your experiences with them, as well as what you would recommend.
2007-01-03 22:13:42 · 7 answers · asked by NereidoftheBlue 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
They are the most reliable backup solution.
But they do go wrong, like everything.
If the data is really important have multiple backup strategies.
As well as the external disk burn DVD/CD copies as well.
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2007-01-03 22:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by jan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes They're Good If You Like To Carry You Files With You Anytime, Anywhere. Here Are Some Good Brands "iOmega", "Western Digital", "LaCie",
You Have To Handle It With Care And Since Hard Drives Are Very Sensitive, And It's Also Small And Easy To Steal, So That Puts Your Sensitive Data At Risk So You Should Never Leave It Anywhere.
2007-01-03 22:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by AE Trono 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The drives themselves are really no different than internal drives.
I have two 160gb external drives that I use for backups. One of them is off-site and the other is in the house but away from the computer. I use a D-link GSM6000 wireless storage device for the backups and connect an external USB device to that as well.
They are not as fast as an internal drive, but for backups, this shouldn't be a problem.
2007-01-03 22:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by BigRez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An exterior no longer common stress is reliable maximum. yet like each and every stress in case you drop them they are performed. you will get 600 gigs and up for genuine life like fees now I surely have a 600 gig stress WD. yet there ought to be a small issue, some workstation manufactures set their computers up in a single of those way in bios they could no longer see them and you should exchange bios setup to repair the priority, yet I seize to and Render a million hour dvi captures and edit them and for 3 years in no way had a issue different than the single i discussed in the previous. they are inclosed of their own case like a exterior cd rom or modem and connect via the usb port.
2016-11-26 02:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are much better in data storage and ease of usage and on the portabliity.
The only downside is their speed.
2007-01-03 22:16:00 · answer #5 · answered by SMS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends. rely. but with a hint of distrust
2007-01-03 22:15:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will depend on your usage and the company of that.
2007-01-03 22:21:49 · answer #7 · answered by hawk 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋