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05-21-2008, 03:43 PM
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 |  Western Digital 500GB My book Thought I would post up a thread about some external Hard Drives. I find them to be very useful just to offload data from my desktop. I use a Western Digital 500 GB My book. It has a USB 2.0 connection. It isn't super huge or anything it is about the size of a Paperback. It turns on and off with a computer so it isn't on all the time. My biggest gripe is that there isn't any Syncing software so I used Synctoy from Microsoft just to keep some form of Versioning for my Documents, also it does get a little warm so you want to make sure it has some ventilation. All in all they aren't as small as a jump drive but they have a ton of space which is nice. Also Office Max has them on Sale this week for a 100 bucks well at least here in Florida. |
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05-21-2008, 06:08 PM
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  | ya ive seen those in walmarts and best buys, they come in 250 gb and the 500, and compared to other external hard drives they really arent that expensive. But this also depends how well they run.
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05-21-2008, 06:44 PM
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| Yeah I am going to pick up another one. Never know when you need another 500 Gigs of Storage  |
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05-21-2008, 08:58 PM
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| haha with 500 gb you can basically store everything
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05-22-2008, 12:47 AM
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| WD has a great replacement program too, if your external breaks within the warranty period, just send it in and they'll send you a replacement. Their shipping generally takes 2 days or so, so most of the wait will probably come from the speed at which you ship it to them.
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05-22-2008, 01:12 PM
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| knock on wood I haven't had that problem. I've always used Western Digital for my internal drives not sure why but just always had a good expierence with them and never had many problems.
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05-22-2008, 09:02 PM
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| never tried western digital. i have tried ebook but thats it
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05-23-2008, 05:34 AM
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| right now im running a little over 20GB with a 512MB flash drive itd be a dream to have that much room, i could store all my schoolwork, music, and drawings on the same computer! im in Florida too, ill have to go check it out, i love looking at expensive hardware im like a 6 year old in a candy shop lol |
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05-23-2008, 06:26 AM
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|  i have a Maxtor 500gig external drive and yes I agree, you can never have TOO much of space!!! hehehe There's just one issue I am concerned with, does any one of you'll know how to measure just how much juice your drive is using? I know it may not sound that important, but when you have a stack of external drives running, I am quite sure that it will measure up to quite a lot of juice being used!! Replies eagerly awaited! |
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05-23-2008, 06:29 AM
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im sure a lot of people need to know there should be some kind of software that could tell you right? | |
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