Hi tom, Yes they do have a 2tb drive as in passport drive. I have 1 and it's really good. They definitely are the way to go if I'm being honest with you.
-----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: 22 October 2012 01:01 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Slightly off topic: smugglers 5. HiDark, Well, these days there are a number of storage devices that don't require any extra power cables etc. There are the passport drives by Western Digital that have a slim laptop drive in a small plastic case that runs off your laptop battery rather than an external power source. I believe they now have a passport drive that can hold about 2 TB of data. So they are handy little drives that can hold a lot of data, and are very portible. Then, there are the thumb drives, flash drives, etc that can hold 8, 16, 32, or 64 GB of data. They don't hold a lot of data compared to a passport drive but are small enough to slide into a pants or coat pocket and plug it into your laptop etc when you want to access something. The nice thing is they don't have any motors etc inside them so they don't require a lot of power and are pretty much the floppy discks of the future. The other alternative is flash cards. Many new computers such as my Toshiba laptop comes with a Flash card reader. You can buy flash cards anywhere from 8 GB to 32 GB in size and they are very small. You can insert them and pop them out as easily as a floppy disc, and have up to 32 GB of storage space at a pop. In fact, I use flash cards like floppies and have a portible USB flash card reader to use on my older computers that don't have one built in. Bottom line, you don't have to have a huge 2 TB drive with a bunch of external power cables etc to back up your data. There are several different alternatives on the market, and I personally use more than one as there are pros and cons with each. On 10/21/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > To be honest, I'd rather not use an external drive perminantly just > because > > of the need for more powerpoints, cables etc. > > while I'm very fond of my external 2 Tb drive, I only want it out when > i'm actually backing stuff up. > --- 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://mail.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://mail.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].
