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Old Aug 2, 2009 | 01:31 PM
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ext hard drive cheap

I got a 600 GB hard drive from BB from a little over $80!! I thought it was a good deal and I was share in the info with mt AZ brothers and sisters.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 08:50 AM
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thanks.

what kind is it?

and is it one with or without its own power supply?
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 10:53 AM
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Here's a 1 TB- $80 - free shipping. USB 2.0 and eSATA

http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-green...210802271.html
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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My local Costco is currently selling a 500GB Seagate external for $69.99, on sale from $79.99.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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I sooo want one of these, thanks for the posts.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by stogie1020
My local Costco is currently selling a 500GB Seagate external for $69.99, on sale from $79.99.
Check my post... not a good deal- especially with tax
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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Check my post... not a good deal- especially with tax
I am a brand snob for the actual HDD. Until Micronet tells me what brand HDD is inside that thing, I don't want it.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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If its one of those seagate free agent drives they eat stale dicks stogs, sorry.

Had 2 fail on a job right of the box brand new...and their idea of multi-interface is BS with the "interchangeable" dongle that allows for each interface.

pure shite.
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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I must be the only person to NEVER have any problems with any Seagate drive...
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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the seagates I put in my drobo are running like champs.

its their free agent drives that suck the cock
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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Got it.

We have used them a few (8-10) times with good results, but I am mainly invested in the internals like in your Drobo..
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 03:08 AM
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One reviewer said
Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB - Comes inside.
How is Western Digital?
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 03:50 AM
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One reviewer said

How is Western Digital?
the one I got is a WD 640gb drive. THe had a 1TB drive but it was like 100 bucks.. this is the one I got. it helps i had the $10 rewardszone coupon
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1215216548970

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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 08:46 AM
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i got a western digital 500gb (i think it's the passport...the one without its own power supply) at best buy for about $100 a few months ago.

it's been great so far.

*knocks on wood*
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Ashburner
Here's a 1 TB- $80 - free shipping. USB 2.0 and eSATA

http://www.buy.com/prod/fantom-green...210802271.html
Well, I went ahead and bought this tonight
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 11:30 PM
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Well, I went ahead and bought this tonight
Please let us know what you think about it, and give us a review of it please.
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 01:21 AM
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Well I don't know much about stuff like this, but so far so good. I got it in this afternoon. It took a long time to format (I guess that's expected considering it's a terabyte) - pretty much all afternoon. Then I partitioned it, and now I'm backing up my internal hdd.
It came with a free copy of NTI Shadow 4, and it installed NTI Ninja along with it. Ninja gave me a bunch of shit, so I'm not even bothering with it. I've read that it's buggy, so I don't think it's just me. Shadow seems decent, though, like I said before, I don't have any experience with this kind of stuff.

The actual case is pretty sleek and feels like a quality product. It's nothing fancy, but it seems solid. It has been very quiet for the most part, and it's barely warm to the touch.

Like I said, so far so good. Any specific questions?
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 07:40 AM
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Well I don't know much about stuff like this, but so far so good. I got it in this afternoon. It took a long time to format (I guess that's expected considering it's a terabyte) - pretty much all afternoon. Then I partitioned it, and now I'm backing up my internal hdd.
It came with a free copy of NTI Shadow 4, and it installed NTI Ninja along with it. Ninja gave me a bunch of shit, so I'm not even bothering with it. I've read that it's buggy, so I don't think it's just me. Shadow seems decent, though, like I said before, I don't have any experience with this kind of stuff.

The actual case is pretty sleek and feels like a quality product. It's nothing fancy, but it seems solid. It has been very quiet for the most part, and it's barely warm to the touch.

Like I said, so far so good. Any specific questions?
Thanks for the reply. What kind of program or app is Shadow and Ninja? I don't really know dick about EHDs either.
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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Shadow is backup software with a few good options like realtime backup or scheduled backup and synchronization between two computers.
Ninja partitions your drive into public and private sections, protecting your private partition with a password and data encryption. Ninja is the one I couldn't get to work. It kept giving me errors.
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