Reliable back up drive

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Peter
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Posted September 27, 2008 at 03:08 GMT
#1855025
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?

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schatzoy (archived)
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Posted September 27, 2008 at 03:41 GMT
#1855026
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.
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britops (archived)
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Posted September 27, 2008 at 03:45 GMT
#1855027

I have a link. 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.

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linder (archived)
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Posted September 27, 2008 at 11:05 GMT
#1855028
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.
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Sal (archived)
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Posted September 27, 2008 at 12:21 GMT
#1855029

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 

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GuyHUI
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Posted September 29, 2008 at 06:23 GMT
#1855030

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

 

 

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maxg
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Posted September 29, 2008 at 16:34 GMT
#1855031

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.

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