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Re: External HD Recommendation

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: External HD Recommendation
Date 2013-12-29 04:18 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <bi9m5hFflh8U2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <281220130921464151%otto@bogus.address.com> <l9nbrf$qqu$1@reader2.panix.com> <vilain-E2F745.14592728122013@news.individual.net>

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On 2013-12-28, Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> wrote:
> In article <l9nbrf$qqu$1@reader2.panix.com>, billy@MIX.COM wrote:
>
>> Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Ok, it's a new subject related to my previous question about backing up
>> > to a bootable external. With the exception of the WD My Passport Slim,
>> > what would you all recommend for an external HD?
>> 
>> I really like these (just bought my 7th one) -
>> 
>> http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/on-the-go
>> 
>> They have a large heatsink (hard to see in the photos) for the drive
>> that works very well.  These used to be supplied with Seagate drives
>> but now come mostly with Hitachi drives, which also seem to be ok, 
>> but it'll be a while longer before I can say that for sure.
>> 
>> Billy Y..
>
> Seagates and Western Digital drives have caused me nothing but trouble. 
> I bought a 1GB Seagate and it died within a week of doing a full clone 
> backup. Took it back to Frys and they wouldn't take it back because I 
> didn't buy their extended warrantee.  I had to send it back to Seagate.  
> 6 weeks later after dealing with UPS, I get the replacement that had the 
> same problem.  I tossed the drive and won't buy Seagate ever again.

Seriously? LOL... If I spent ~$100 on a hard drive and it was defective
and under warranty, I wouldn't just throw it into the garbage - even if
the drive was a replacement itself. That's effectively throwing away
good money for nothing.

I actually have sent one or two Seagate drives in for replacement
several times in the past few years, and while it's naturally somewhat
of an inconvenience to remove a drive, package it up for shipping, print
out a prepaid shipping label, and send the drive back to the
manufacturer (which, BTW, took a week or so max - not 6 weeks as you
suggest), it's certainly not such a hassle that I would consider it
worth all that money to avoid doing it. And I'm also not living in some
strange utopian magical hard drive dream world where it is impossible to
get a defective drive, because I am well aware of the realities of
consumer hard drives today. All hard drives fail - it's just a matter of
when, and I have yet to see a consumer hard drive manufacturer that
never ever ships a defective drive.

-- 
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I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-28 09:21 -0800
  Re: External HD Recommendation William Hanna <whanna@invalid.invalid> - 2013-12-28 09:44 -0800
    Re: External HD Recommendation Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-29 09:37 -0800
      Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-29 10:08 -0800
        Re: External HD Recommendation android <here@there.was> - 2013-12-29 19:15 +0100
  Re: External HD Recommendation billy@MIX.COM - 2013-12-28 20:21 +0000
    Re: External HD Recommendation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-28 14:59 -0800
      Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-28 15:28 -0800
        Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-28 20:17 -0500
        Re: External HD Recommendation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-28 17:34 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-28 21:06 -0500
      Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-29 04:18 +0000
      Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 04:38 +0000
        Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-29 21:36 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2013-12-30 01:58 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-30 10:20 -0500
            Re: External HD Recommendation Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 07:32 -0800
              Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-31 11:46 -0500
          Re: External HD Recommendation Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-30 09:37 -0800
            Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 18:07 +0000
              Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-30 13:13 -0500
              Re: External HD Recommendation Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-30 10:27 -0800
                Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-30 14:15 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 22:43 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-12-30 18:09 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-30 22:34 -0500
            Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-30 13:54 -0600
              Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-30 13:14 -0800
              Re: External HD Recommendation Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-12-30 14:49 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-30 18:01 +0000
    Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-29 03:59 +0000
      Re: External HD Recommendation George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-12-29 07:47 -0600
  Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-28 17:52 -0500
  Re: External HD Recommendation Earl Grey <earl@t.net> - 2013-12-29 10:06 -0500
    Re: External HD Recommendation yellow label <here@there.was> - 2013-12-29 17:01 +0100
  Re: External HD Recommendation John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2013-12-29 16:27 -0500
    Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2013-12-29 21:29 -0500
      Re: External HD Recommendation claudel@sonic.net (Claude V. Lucas) - 2013-12-30 12:36 +0000
        Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-30 08:55 -0600
      Re: External HD Recommendation John Albert <j.albert@snet.net> - 2013-12-30 10:29 -0500
        Re: External HD Recommendation Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2013-12-30 19:56 -0800
          Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2013-12-31 19:18 +1100
            Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-12-31 15:30 +0000
              Re: External HD Recommendation Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2013-12-31 07:34 -0800
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-01 17:51 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2014-01-01 10:14 -0600
                Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-01 17:39 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-02 11:54 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 01:09 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2014-01-01 20:38 -0700
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-02 16:47 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-09 08:13 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-08 21:19 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-02 02:35 +0000
              Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-01 17:47 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-01 02:24 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-02 02:38 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-01 11:55 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-01 13:34 -0500
                Re: External HD Recommendation Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2014-01-01 19:01 -0800
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-01 09:45 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-01-02 02:28 +1100
                Re: External HD Recommendation Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-01 15:36 +0000
                Re: External HD Recommendation nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-01-01 11:55 -0500
  Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-29 16:00 -0600
    Re: External HD Recommendation Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-12-29 22:01 +0000
      Re: External HD Recommendation TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-12-29 16:19 -0600
        Re: External HD Recommendation Otto Pylot <otto@bogus.address.com> - 2013-12-29 14:45 -0800

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