How do you turn it on/off? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Justice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question
> Hi Ginger, > I leave my external drives connected to the computer, > but I do not leave them turned on. > HTH, > Richard Q. Justice-website owner > www.blind-computing.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ginger Roe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:51 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question > > >> Hi, is it ok to leave my external hard drive plugged in all the time? >> >> >> Ginger Roe >> >> >> >> Visit my website: >> >> http://www.withtheblindinmind.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lennie >> Rinaldi >> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:08 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] External Hard Drive Question >> >> Hi Nimer, >> >> That's not good! I think that a hard drive whether internal or >> external should have a longer life than 1-1/2 or 2 years. >> >> You did not mention the size of your failed Hitachi hard drive. I do >> think that the larger hard drives have the tendency to fail sooner >> than smaller ones. >> >> As I have mentioned, my Western Digital internal hard drive was 500 >> GB. and it failed within two years. I was told that the master file >> table which I believe keeps track of all the files on the hard drive >> was corrupted. Since I had many, many MP3 files on that old hard >> drive, I(I don't remember how many) it was probably too many for the >> master file table to keep up with it. >> >> I was told that the solution with large single hard drives is to >> split the hard drives into two drives. This could be done before any >> data is stored on a new hard drive using a function in Window to >> split the hard drive (I think it has to do with formatting). If data >> is already stored on the hard drive, then you need something like >> partition magic to split the hard drive. >> >> The advantage of splitting a hard drive (so I was told) is that it >> will create two master file tables which should handles the large >> number of files spread over the two areas. >> >> I have two external hard drives and one internal hard drive and all >> are 500 GB. each. So, the three are split to prevent failure. Each >> one has its own drive letter and each is split about 250 GB. each. >> >> I hope that this information is useful for you. >> >> Lennie >> >> At 06:08 PM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >>>Actually, it was an internal, and it was about a year and a half. >>>Thanks >>>Nimer J >>> >>>Lennie Rinaldi wrote: >>> > Hi Nimer, >>> > >>> > I also have a Hitachi 500 GB internal hard drive. I use this one for >>> > all my MP3 music and recordings. So far, that one is working just >>> > fine. >>> > >>> > I had a bad experience with my previous internal hard drive that died >>> > on me after 2 years. That one was a Western Digital and also was 500 >>> > GB. >>> > >>> > I use the Hitachi external hard drive which is also 500 GB. to back >>> > up anything that I saved on the internal hard drive. So far, that one >>> > has been working fine. Both drives are 5 months old. How old was your >>> > Hitachi external hard drive when it died on you? >>> > >>> > Lennie >>> > >>> > At 11:55 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >>> > >>> >> By the way, how do you like hitachi? I just had one die on me. >>> >> thanks >>> >> Nimer J >>> >> >>> >> Lennie Rinaldi wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Victor, >>> >>> >>> >>> I think that most new external hard drives come already in NTFS >>> >>> format. I recently bought a Hitachi external hard drive and it was >>> >>> formatted that way. >>> >>> >>> >>> One of my older external hard drive which I purchased a couple of >>> >>> years ago was FAT32 and had to be reformatted to NTFS. >>> >>> >>> >>> Just thought that you might want to know. >>> >>> >>> >>> Lennie >>> >>> >>> >>> At 06:12 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Patricia, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> You've got it, that's exactly what it should say, which is >>> very uncommon. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Any drive I've ever gotten has always been formatted as FAT or >>> >>>> >>> >> FAT32 so they >>> >> >>> >>>> will plug into a Windows 98 machine, but it's a nice surprise that >> yours >>> >>>> isn't. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Now all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the drive. 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