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<blockquote data-quote="Fortkentdad" data-source="post: 346030" data-attributes="member: 24285"><p>Looking to get a new external hard drive the old USB 2.0 / 300mb one I have is too small and too slow.</p><p>My PC supports USB 3.0 so that is a no brainer. The old one will be relegated to service on my laptop which does not support USB 3.0 anyway. </p><p></p><p>I have about 400 GB of images plus another 20 GB of other data that I would cry if I were to lose. </p><p></p><p>Some of the best is stores on various websites like this one, Flickr, Nikon Image Space, Facebook (lower quality but that's where I have the most) Google+ and a few others scattered here and there. It will be a bit of a treasure hunt if I was ever to try and find every uploaded image I've uploaded. </p><p></p><p>I do have a good portion (80%?) of my images also copied onto my daughter's hard drive and I have an old 750GB hard drive that I use for backup. And my main internal hard drive is backup onto another internal hard drive. </p><p></p><p>I like redundancy, and being careful. </p><p></p><p>So the risk of complete loss is mitigated. </p><p></p><p>But I'm looking at a new portable external drive. I know Seagate (most of my drives are Seagate) and WD I'm familiar with and have some of those too. </p><p></p><p>But the one that has caught my eye because of the look of the case is one by LaCie </p><p><a href="http://www.ncix.com/detail/lacie-porsche-p9230-3tb-3-5in-df-89065-1374.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ncix.com/detail/lacie-porsche-p9230-3tb-3-5in-df-89065-1374.htm</a> </p><p></p><p>Like the look and the 3T capacity. </p><p></p><p>Don't like having to plug it in - anything over 2T seems to be plugged in. </p><p></p><p>It is either that at $120 - a 3T Seagate ($117) or go for a 2T Seagate Slim Backup that is USB driven $94. <a href="http://www.ncix.com/detail/seagate-backup-plus-2tb-2-5in-17-98928-1297.htm" target="_blank">http://www.ncix.com/detail/seagate-backup-plus-2tb-2-5in-17-98928-1297.htm</a></p><p></p><p> The plug in one's are faster which is bonus but a bit of a bother having to plug them in separately. Its not like I'm wireless - its wired spaghetti under my desk. whats one more? </p><p></p><p>So 3T pretty LaCie, plain jane 3T Seagte - both plug in versions, or go simple 2T USB - suffer a little on the speed (still 10X faster than my current USB 2.0 anyway. </p><p></p><p>Can't find too much on LaCie. Apparently they don't make harddrives and use others inside their cases - this model is apparently a good Seagate anyway. But it is so nice looking? </p><p></p><p>The 2T I can get in red - I like red. </p><p></p><p>What do you use for external hard drives - what's your experience been like with them?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fortkentdad, post: 346030, member: 24285"] Looking to get a new external hard drive the old USB 2.0 / 300mb one I have is too small and too slow. My PC supports USB 3.0 so that is a no brainer. The old one will be relegated to service on my laptop which does not support USB 3.0 anyway. I have about 400 GB of images plus another 20 GB of other data that I would cry if I were to lose. Some of the best is stores on various websites like this one, Flickr, Nikon Image Space, Facebook (lower quality but that's where I have the most) Google+ and a few others scattered here and there. It will be a bit of a treasure hunt if I was ever to try and find every uploaded image I've uploaded. I do have a good portion (80%?) of my images also copied onto my daughter's hard drive and I have an old 750GB hard drive that I use for backup. And my main internal hard drive is backup onto another internal hard drive. I like redundancy, and being careful. So the risk of complete loss is mitigated. But I'm looking at a new portable external drive. I know Seagate (most of my drives are Seagate) and WD I'm familiar with and have some of those too. But the one that has caught my eye because of the look of the case is one by LaCie [URL]http://www.ncix.com/detail/lacie-porsche-p9230-3tb-3-5in-df-89065-1374.htm[/URL] Like the look and the 3T capacity. Don't like having to plug it in - anything over 2T seems to be plugged in. It is either that at $120 - a 3T Seagate ($117) or go for a 2T Seagate Slim Backup that is USB driven $94. [URL]http://www.ncix.com/detail/seagate-backup-plus-2tb-2-5in-17-98928-1297.htm[/URL] The plug in one's are faster which is bonus but a bit of a bother having to plug them in separately. Its not like I'm wireless - its wired spaghetti under my desk. whats one more? So 3T pretty LaCie, plain jane 3T Seagte - both plug in versions, or go simple 2T USB - suffer a little on the speed (still 10X faster than my current USB 2.0 anyway. Can't find too much on LaCie. Apparently they don't make harddrives and use others inside their cases - this model is apparently a good Seagate anyway. But it is so nice looking? The 2T I can get in red - I like red. What do you use for external hard drives - what's your experience been like with them? [/QUOTE]
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