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  • From: "Colleen McCarthy" <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] External Hard Drive Recommendations
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:58:09 -0500

Steve, KJ, and Tarus-- Thanks! Colleen


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-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Steven
Champeon
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:23 PM
To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] External Hard Drive Recommendations

on Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 06:03:51PM -0500, Colleen McCarthy wrote:
> Do any of you have any recommendations for (or warnings against)
> specific manufacturer's external hard drives?

Avoid Lacies like the plague. Used to be a good brand, but the last three
models I've bought from them (I'm a stubborn defender of brands I trust
until they turn on me ;) have gone bad within a year or so:
the Porsche-designed 160GB and 250GB drives, and the D2 Quadra 500GB drives
- they simply run waaaay too hot.

I've had good luck with Seagate's FreeAgents, 500GB anyway, I had a bad
experience with a Seagate 500GB (ST3500601XS-RK). I've had decent experience
with Western Digital drives in general, and the MyBook in sub-500GB sizes
has served me reasonably well.

HTH.

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