[ltp] USB 2.0 external hard drives

[Stephen R Laniel]

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On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 01:44:54PM -0500, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> I looking to buy an external hard drive to backup (not archive) my laptop=
=2E  It
> has USB 2.0.  I am looking for a desktop solution, i.e., don't need nor w=
ant
> to pay for portable powered USB drives.  Capacity 80GB to 160GB range.  A=
ny
> recommendations and/or condemnations?

I'd recommend not getting an external *drive*, but rather an
external *enclosure*. You can put whatever drive you want
inside that enclosure. Right now I have a 200-GB drive in
a MacAlly PHR-100A enclosure to my right:
http://macally.com/EN/Product/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=3D138

The great advantage to enclosures is that, when the current
disk you have inside of them grows too small (as it will),
you can yank it out and put in a new one with more capacity.

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Stephen R. Laniel
steve@laniels.org
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