Hear hear. I still have a few USB2 drives doing real work in a soft raid array.
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:35 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Many of us did "real work" with USB 2 and USB 1 external drives. Fast is > nice, but it's not essential. > > Paul via phone > >> On Dec 9, 2016, at 7:09 PM, P.J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> If you're going to be using the external HD for any real time work, you're >> going to need USB 3.0. The way to tell, if they followed convention, the USB >> 2.0 ports are white the 3.0 are blue. >> >>> On 12/9/2016 4:51 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>> My computer is an HP 8000 PC with 4g ram and 1tb hard drive... got it >>> refurbished without a lot of documentation -- I don't know if my USB ports >>> are 2 or 3 >>> >>> Does it matter? The Sea-gate 2t is $89 at my Staples and I have a $16 >>> coupon from them... Ijust want to backup everything on to it.. I only >>> have200GB of hard drive free on the internal - need to prune but though it >>> would be nice to backup first... >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>>> On 12/9/2016 2:19 PM, John wrote: >>>> That's pretty good. >>>> >>>> I just checked the exchange rate & $99 CAD is $75 USD, so that's about >>>> $15 USD cheaper than Staples is selling them here in the states. >>>> >>>>> On 12/9/2016 7:17 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>>>> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:36 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>>>>> Dave - how much is the 2tb at Stapleswhere you are? >>>>> >>>>> Local store has them for $99 on sale >>>>>> >>>>>> ann >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 12/8/2016 10:38 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have decided, now that i have the time, to transfer all of my CD and >>>>>>> DVD back up photo disks to an external HD, I need a new one anyway and >>>>>>> Staples has a nice Seagate 2tb on sale. I also have a number of 32 gig >>>>>>> thumb drives i thought might also do the trick. Just curious would the >>>>>>> transfer rate be better from the CD player to externals as opposed to >>>>>>> thumb drives.? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dave >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> There is not enough Coffee in Columbia to make me a morning person. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
