external disk drives

[Dan Ritter]

On Fri, Oct 02, 2009 at 12:20:50PM -0400, Laura Conrad wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to set up off site backup by buying two cheap USB drives
> and taking one to my mother's when I visit (and bringing the one
> that's there back).
> 
> So these drives will be used a couple of times a month, so speed and
> quietness aren't really important.  But they'll be taking a lot of
> trips in a backpack, so impact-resistance is important.
> 
> Does anyone have advice about which brands or designs are best for
> this purpose?  

Go to NewEgg, buy aluminum SATA-USB2 cases, and put in them whatever 3-5
year warranty SATA drives strike your fancy. At most this will require
a few screws.

This will get you 3-5x the warranty of the external drives, for
about $10 extra per disk+case.

I like Seagate and Western Digital these days, but I don't think
anyone making 1TB disks has stinkers right now.

-dsr-

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