[PCI] forward thinking?

[MKL]

I have just gone through 2 x 4 gig  Barracuda 
drives in one year and of course the original 
seller hasnt returned my email enquiring about 
the warranty situation.

This of course has happened once or twice before 
and I am thinking there must be a better way and 
wonder if I am on the right track with this or 
should I just give up? and look far an old Imac? 
I am on a  budget and do o Photoshop very often

Is it worth thinking about  IDE  drives for my 
7300/180 (G3 400 Sonnet with USB/Firewire combo 
card)? Do IDE drives need a new PCI card? Or 
should I  be looking at a bootable external 
Firewire drive that can just take over from any 
internal drives and be a good investment for the 
future Š

I hope theres a solution I am fed up with 
replacing hard drives  bought from dodgy dealersŠ

thanks for any thoughts

Michael


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