I wouldn't trust it with valuable data. With the enclosure you can
put about anything it if its PATA/SATA (whatever the thing has.) You
could even put a card reader in it :D
On Feb 13, 2010, at 11:38 AM, Eric Volker wrote:
For years I used an Iomega Minimax 500GB with my Mac mini. It
Use the drive for backups. I have several drives that have had one issue
or another, so since I don't really trust them with anything valuable
they serve as backup drives.
Kasey Smith wrote:
I wouldn't trust it with valuable data. With the enclosure you can put
about anything it if its
2010/2/13 Chance Reecher cnrtechh...@gmail.com
Use the drive for backups. I have several drives that have had one issue or
another, so since I don't really trust them with anything valuable they
serve as backup drives.
Backups?!
I suggest you to sell it on eBay..and to buy a new one if you
On Feb 13, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Nicholas Fantuzzi wrote:
2010/2/13 Chance Reecher cnrtechh...@gmail.com
Use the drive for backups. I have several drives that have had one
issue or another, so since I don't really trust them with anything
valuable they serve as backup drives.
Backups?!
I
On 2/13/2010 3:47 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
In an interesting twist, I've successively run Disk Utility and SMART
Reporter on the drive, and they both pass the drive. Now SMART Utility
does give more thorough feedback, but is it being too pessimestic? I
think what I'll do is repartition the drive
On Feb 13, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Jason Brown wrote:
Heres an interesting twist for you. I have an external box that is
hooked up via USB. It can also do eSATA, however it is not hooked up
via that interface at present. I have been told time and time again
that you cannot read SMART data over
On 2/13/2010 4:18 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
Actually, I've only seen the statement SMART is impossible applied
to Firewire drives, though I probably should've thought to connect my
Minimax up with USB instead of 1394. In any event, I'm going to wipe
the drive and put it through it's paces on the
