Hi Dark and all, Just thought I would point out the name of the brand is "Sea Gate" not "See Gate" in case anyone wants to go looking for that brand of external drive. I will personally vouch for Sea Gate drives, because I have two of them and they have been far more reliable then Western Digital in my experience.
As for Passport drives I have owned a couple of those, and found them to be very problematic. They are basically a laptop drive in a plastic housing. I've had troubles with the USB chords going bad on them and needing to be replaced, and if you drop one it is toast. So I found flash drives more reliable for basic backups. On 9/1/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lori. > > I don't know what sort of drive you used there, but I can say i've used a > backup external drive for years. > > At the moment I have a see gate one. This is a rectangular device. It just > has the one usb and a power lead, (I don't know why you would need two usb's > > or a stand). When I bought it I had to slot the part with the connectors for > > the usb and power lead onto the main box, but this wasn't a problem and now > > it is done I can pretty much forget about it. What I do is stick it in a box > > under my bed, then pull it out every three weeks or so to do a full backup > of everything, all my keys, documents, music, audiobooks etc, (not to > mention the setup files for programs). > > As an alternative You can now buy what are called passport drives. These are > > indeed as you say like a very fat memory stick, they are very small > andportable, but can hold ridiculously large amounts (I bought one recently > > for my friend which had a 1 tb capacity). > > The difference however is that for a passport drive with no power lead you > will be paying twice the price as you would for a standard external drive > that needs plugging in. For example for 100 quid I could buy a 5 tb external > > drive with a plug, or a 2 Tb passport drive without. > > You also don't have to use E bay either, indeed I probably wouldn't get > something like that from E bay myself sinse as you said your not sure of > what your getting. > > Maplins are a reasonably good national chain and unlike pc world won't try > to foist things on you, also the one near my parents are good for general > advice as well. > > Hth. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
