Patricia, Each of my three external hard drives have a power on and off switch.
Lennie At 01:11 PM 9/3/2008, you wrote: >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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