My solution has been to buy an IDE drive on sale and add an external USB
2.0 conversion case. You can install the drive in the case in about 5
minues. Hitachi, Seagate and Western Digital 160GB drives have been
selling at $40 after rebate for the past several months at stores like
CompUSA, Best Buy, etc. but they may not be advertised every week. I've
grown partial to Seagate lately since the Western Digtal drive cloning
sofware wouldn't work on my Win 2K machine but the Seagate does.
Finding a good USB case (with a fan) isn't as easy but they can be had
for $30 if you look hard (and long).
I haven't been too much concerned with the reliability of my external
backup drives since I only run them when they're actually making a
backup. If the external case has an on/off switch just shut it off when
not using it. But be sure to tell Windows ahead of time so that it
doesn't natter at you.
Chuck Norcutt
Richard Lovison wrote:
> I am looking for an affordable solution to backing up my digital files and
> came across a LaCie 160GB USB drive for $99 shipped. Does anyone have any
> experience with LaCie drives? I'm concerned most with the drive's
> reliability. I can always add another internal drive (though 4 running hard
> drives would be a bit much) or replace one of the 3 with a bigger one for
> equal or less money but I'm not in the mood for reinstalling software.
>
> Richard
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