tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post8584937503979455263..comments2024-02-10T10:20:12.925+01:00Comments on The Road to the Horizon: The geek in me: One Terabyte portable harddisk, Evernote and CCleanerPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-78535038608464645732009-09-28T23:22:09.576+01:002009-09-28T23:22:09.576+01:00@Peter
I think that is an excellent solution. At ...@Peter<br /><br />I think that is an excellent solution. At this moment I dont have critical data on the external drive, mostly backups from my other computers (touch wood disaster does not strike twice), but as I put more stuff on it, I might just as well look at Amazon SE!<br /><br />Thanks for the tip, Peter!<br /><br />P.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-42739676671389817762009-09-28T22:49:36.373+01:002009-09-28T22:49:36.373+01:00I wouldn't go for that, I've actually lost...I wouldn't go for that, I've actually lost two HD's in the past two years. Both Maxtor, one 300gb and one 1TB. I also had a seagate 500GB die earlier this year, but that was after it fell off a table, so although they should be tougher than that, I guess I was unlucky. <br /><br />The best solution I have found, (I run a radio station, so we have loads of big files to save every day) is Amazon SE online storage, which is stored in multiple servers. This means that if one server goes down, your data is still safe on another one. It's dirt cheap, and sits in your "My Computer" area like another HD. I was a bit hesitant at first, because I don't have much money and don't like to commit. but it really is very very cheap.<br /><br />So that would be my recommendation, unless you are going out in the field and can't get internet.Peterhttp://www.londonchineseradio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-69804399429582338262009-09-28T13:21:43.617+01:002009-09-28T13:21:43.617+01:00@Peter
This is my silent fear, Peter... There is ...@Peter<br /><br />This is my silent fear, Peter... There is no way I can back up 1 Terabyte, unless if I would back it up to another 1 Terabyte... And hoping both would not die in one go...<br /><br />Maybe that is what I should do.. After all US$75 is really nothing...<br /><br />The main problem I have seen is that Windows Explorer takes a long time to refresh once I work on that disk. It seems Windows has a problem to work with that much data, linked through a small bandwidth USB...<br /><br />PPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-82160758648487625692009-09-28T10:57:53.957+01:002009-09-28T10:57:53.957+01:00Hmmm, I bought a 1TB Maxtor drive about 8 months a...Hmmm, I bought a 1TB Maxtor drive about 8 months ago. Sat on the desk and then died for no reason about 4 months later. Of course it was within the guarantee period, but if you hand it over you are handing over your data which might be retrievable if you crack open the case... but if you crack open the case, then you void the guarantee...<br /><br />I talked to my brother who is a computer engineer, and he says the technology which makes the 1TB disks isn't really stable at the moment. <br /><br />I would say if you have 1TB of personal information stored in one place, that's a lot to lose if it goes wrong. <br /><br />But fingers crossed!!!Peterhttp://www.londonchineseradio.comnoreply@blogger.com