Comments on: Looking for recommendations on big external USB drives http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: JK http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-80067 JK Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:38:32 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-80067 STICK to Seagate. They just work and work and work and just in case, they have a 5 year warranty. I have a few of their 1TB drives (zipzoomfly.com) and love them. STICK to Seagate. They just work and work and work and just in case, they have a 5 year warranty. I have a few of their 1TB drives (zipzoomfly.com) and love them.

]]> By: David Lauridsen http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-79831 David Lauridsen Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:23:48 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-79831 Paul, It doesn't meet your 1TB requirement, but I am really happy with my Western Digital Passport. 250GB in a TINY portable package for $169 at Costco. (Also available for a few bucks more at BestBuy) It, of course, is USB 2.0, and requires no external power. I use it as a MP3 repository...an iPod with no software, if you will. Paul,

It doesn’t meet your 1TB requirement, but I am really happy with my Western Digital Passport. 250GB in a TINY portable package for $169 at Costco. (Also available for a few bucks more at BestBuy)

It, of course, is USB 2.0, and requires no external power. I use it as a MP3 repository…an iPod with no software, if you will.

]]> By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-79780 Paul Tomblin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:19:59 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-79780 A friend of mine has a Drobo and he's had some unspecified problems with it recently. It also seems pricey for what it does - but on the other hand, I can't think of any other RAID box that doesn't require all your disks to be the same size. A friend of mine has a Drobo and he’s had some unspecified problems with it recently. It also seems pricey for what it does - but on the other hand, I can’t think of any other RAID box that doesn’t require all your disks to be the same size.

]]> By: Tina Marie http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-79779 Tina Marie Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:15:18 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/2008/03/03/looking-for-recommendations-on-big-external-usb-drives#comment-79779 I've also had bad luck with USB drives. I'm buying one of these next: http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/02/18/sun-times-drobo-and-droboshare I’ve also had bad luck with USB drives. I’m buying one of these next:

http://ihnatko.com/index.php/2008/02/18/sun-times-drobo-and-droboshare

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