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Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 6:10pm | IP Logged Quote KC in TX
Does anyone have an external hard drive? What model? What do you like about it? What are the things you wish were different? What should I be looking at in terms of features or are they all just about the same?    

I have a desktop PC and I really need to get one because I've got 11,000 photos to back up and get off my desktop. My computer is running very slowly and I keep getting the "low disk space" warning.

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Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 7:32pm | IP Logged Quote lapazfarm
Excellent question, KC. I am looking for the same thing and eagerly wait reviews!

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Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 7:59pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
it sounds like what you want is a flash drive.. just used for backup and storing files.. my dh uses them for moving files between home and work..

not sure of brand etc.

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Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 8:13pm | IP Logged Quote KC in TX
JodieLyn wrote:
it sounds like what you want is a flash drive.. just used for backup and storing files.. my dh uses them for moving files between home and work..

not sure of brand etc.


The external hard drive holds more memory. Some can hold up to 500GB of memory. My pictures are about 1.25GB each.

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Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 8:28pm | IP Logged Quote mellyrose
I have a Western Digital external hard drive. The biggest hassle for me is that it's connected to my laptop, so I have to remember not to open iPhoto when it's not connected.

I think hard drives are very similar. I would go with a bigger name -- but know that ANY of them can fail.

So, unless you plan to keep the pictures on your computer AND the external, you still need a backup plan. I have all my pictures on the external, but my database for iPhoto just got corrupted, and it's taking me 7 days to upload my pictures to mozy.com. I should have thought of a backup plan BEFORE this happened, but other things kept distracting me.

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Posted: Oct 24 2008 at 8:47pm | IP Logged Quote Heliodora
I recently got a Maxtor 500 GB. I heard Maxtor was a good brand from dh's techie friends. I'm pleased with it- I don't use the software- just cut and paste the files I want backed up.

Unless you need it to be portable like a flash drive, don't get a portable one. They are smaller and sleeker, but more expensive.

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