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Re: Reliable back up drive

Max — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:34:35 GMT

Hi Peter,

I have a Mybook 1TB Studio - no problems and really quick over FW if you need the throughput. Some reasonable reviews on Amazon (inc. yours truly):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital-Studio-Firewire-External/dp/B000W9Q2EW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1222720119&sr=8-1

Max.

Re: Reliable back up drive

GuyHui — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:23:43 GMT

Hello,

I have the Western Digital My Book 320Go in silver color. this one matches perfectly with my iMac 24" Alu.

Good product but you can find better.

Guy

Re: Reliable back up drive

Sal — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:21:00 GMT

I hope I'm not the only person on Beoworld who adores his Drobo. (www.drobo.com) No-thinking Redundunt storage, and expandable to 16TB.

-Sal

Re: Reliable back up drive

linder — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:05:49 GMT

I agree LaCie D2 Quadra is a good choice and is very reliable. For backup though, Time Capsule is really wonderful. I have the 1 TB version and although I have not needed to do a full restore, I have restored files that I had inadvertently deleted several months ago. You can store other data on the Time Capsule not only backup data.

Re: Reliable back up drive

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:45:11 GMT

I have a LaCie D2 Quadra. If you have a Mac then this drive has Firewire 800/400 & USB. Its daisy chain-able and comes already formatted for Macs and Time Machine. Best price I found at the time was from the Apple Store.

How about a Time Capsule?

Re: Reliable back up drive

schatzoy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:41:57 GMT

I have a Seagate that is no longer produced. But they have a new product line called Free Agent which also comes with Firewire 400 for PC and FireWire 400/800 for Mac. If you have a PC I suggest you use eSATA if possible. I have it and it's really fast.

Reliable back up drive

Peter — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:08:55 GMT

My Iomega 1Tb external disc has just failed - as it is the back up disc, nothing lost! I need a new one with Firewire - any suggestions to what would be a good one?