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J198
from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-04-22 03:20 [#02074534]
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Hi.
i have a Western Digital MyBook 250GB external drive. I have all my music and photos on it and i am using it not only for storage but also to load music from, in winamp.
I'm not sure whether this is ok. I've heard that they should only be used to save things to, and that you shouldn't load movies from them etc. since that will cause it to die sooner.
Is this true or will it be ok? Should i run some kind of checkdisk utility for it every once in a while and if so, which one would you reccommend?
cheers
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JivverDicker
from my house on 2007-04-22 03:37 [#02074535]
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NERD
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J198
from Maastricht (Netherlands, The) on 2007-04-22 03:41 [#02074536]
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lol y?
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futureimage
from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2007-04-22 06:19 [#02074564]
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I guess I'm in a similar situation. I keep mp3s, videos and one program (Synth Edit) on my external drive. I have had problems with killing one by a small little cushioned knock, but this one seems ok.
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dave_g
from United Kingdom on 2007-04-22 07:20 [#02074573]
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external HDDs are a bad idea for backup. If you are using a laptop, you're pretty much stuck with one, but for a desktop computer, you are MUCH better getting RAID.
with RAID you either have it on the motherboard or get a PCI card and buy a 2nd HDD. plug the two discs into the raid card/motherboard sockets and set them up to mirror.
with mirror, all the data on one disk is "mirrored" onto the other one, so should one die the other has a copy automatically.
this is the best because it is totally invisible to the user and its all done automatically in real time, so a backup is guaranteed. :)
I haven't answered your question though, sorry!
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Saint Aime
from United Kingdom on 2007-04-22 07:25 [#02074576]
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i have the same external disk as you, I use it for recording 8 stereo tracks simultaneously, no problems so far after a few months solid use.
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