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I guess I should have scrolled down and read the reviews myself....LOL
Anyway, I think that was enough for me, don't think I'll bother with this one. Still looking.
You have any suggestions?
I have a very old 500 GB lacie that I'm happy with. I never turn it on unless I need something in there or to add pics or music. It's my vault so to speak.
I want to double back up because I know mechanical things (especially electrical) eventually will fail.
My older lacie has external power, the newer ones I think have only an internal power source? Somehow I view this as a possibility to early failure by overheating? Our my fears unwarranted? Do you know if the newer lacie's are as reliable as the older external power source version was?
A drive is a drive is a drive pretty much, it's a crap shoot whether you'll get 5 days or 5 years out of it. Just be sure the data being backed up remains a duplicate and not the sole copy. Some people are for some reason under the assumption that external drives are 100% reliable when they are in fact no more reliable than any other hard drive, which is to say not reliable at all, if it's important have multiple copies on multiple media.
As far as power, 3.5" drives run on 12 volts, 2.5" drives run on 5 volts, a USB port can supply 5 volts, not 12, which is why most of the small form factor (2.5") drives don't need an external power supply.
I've had all brands fail. I use a Seagate external now but it is for a second copy. I never trust a single drive for any thing regardless of brand. I've had them all fail. I would be happier myself is I were using a Raid 1 Array for my backup with a copy on another drive still. Yes I'm paranoid with reason.
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Depending on how much storage you need, you also might think about just backing up your files onto DVD(s), and the DVD-R drives are pretty competitive with hard drive prices. A typical DVD holds about 4.7 gigabytes each.
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