Re: External hard drive - Portable or not

[vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx]

We do a lot with this kind of thing at our company - Ghosting to an external like the WD MyBook - there's one on my desk now, and am installing Ghost as I write. This kind of thing is great for backup like this, and it's USB - with a powercord, as well.

HTH
Vern

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From: <Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> I'm interested in the pro's and con's of getting a portable external hard drive. 
> It will be going to college with my son primarily as a backup device for his 
> laptop. His major is architecture which involves a considerable amount of CAD 
> drawings and a lot of time spend in studio building models based on the 
> drawings. The laptop is required in some classes as part of the lecture as well 
> as spending a lot of time in the studio. 
>
> My original thought was that if it is a backup drive portability isn't an issue 
> and I didn't even look at portable drives. Now I'm starting to wonder if it 
> might be a good idea to have a portable drive. It wouldn't need to leave the 
> dorm room but it might be handy that it could. 
>
> Does anyone have experience with portable drives that can speak to their 
> reliability, especially compared to a non-portable drive? Are there any issues 
> with the drives being USB powered? 
>
> Specifically, I'm looking at the Maxtor OneTouch 4 mini 160GB and 250GB, and the 
> Western Digital My Book 500GB. 
>
> Rick 
>
>
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