Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/22

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Subject: [Leica] Consensus on external hard drives
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sat Jul 22 17:57:52 2006
References: <9b678e0607201509w38f3d4f6gabd7a9d46059577b@mail.gmail.com> <44C22EB6.1090503@summaventures.com>

Peter,
Thanks for the tip.  Two drives are better than one to paraphrase.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com


On 7/22/06, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com> wrote:
>
> Don,
>
> I run a 250GB external Toshiba drive on my Windows XP machine. In fact it
> was so
> good I got two, for my kids' machines.
>
> Cost about ?75 each. Probably 1 for 1 exchange rate in the US, ie $75
>
> You could get any of the picture archiving s/w to manage it for you - I
> think.
> It stores their photos and backups readily.
>
> Peter Dzwig
>
> Don Dory wrote:
>
> > The subject line tells almost all.  I am in a PC environment and would
> like
> > the consensus view on 200GB and above external drives.  The primary use
> > would be to store image data as a primary backup while working on a
> series.
> > Secondary backup will continue to be DVD's.  Plans would be to download
> and
> > then shut down so it doesn't spin most of the time.
> >
> > Don
> > don.dory@gmail.com
> >
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In reply to: Message from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Consensus on external hard drives)
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