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Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations?

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On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:33:33 -0600
David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri 25 Jan 2019 at 15:06:25 (-0500), Celejar wrote:
> 
> > One major annoyance (and I don't know if this is a problem affecting
> > all USB external drives, or is related to my cables, USB ports, drives,
> > or something else) is that the connections are terribly fragile: moving
> > the drive, or even just jostling it, will usually result in the
> > connection failing, and require replugging the cable and remounting
> > (followed by an fsck) to continue. [FWIW, these are 2.5 inch drives -
> > 3.5 may be sturdier, but I don't really know.]
> 
> In this respect, I find (with Seagate 3½ drives) that the USB3 cables
> are far worse than USB2. For their lateral size, the USB3 plug's
> insertion depth is so shallow that there's little grip, and the cables
> (which probably contain more conductors) are stiffer, so any movement
> sideways and they can fall out. The cables are shorter too; one metre
> as opposed to two. I only use USB3 drives with a laptop when it's on
> the table. For professional installations, I can't see any cure
> because vibration is going loosen them even if everything is tied down.

I hear you. I generally use my USB3 2.5 inch WD drives on a table with
my laptop, but still find that the slightest jostle will kill the
connection.

Celejar

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USB hard drives -- recommendations? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2019-01-25 18:30 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 19:10 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 21:10 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-01-25 22:40 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-29 04:10 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Ken Heard <ken@heard.name> - 2019-02-06 08:50 +0100
  Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 21:20 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 22:30 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-01-25 23:20 +0100
        Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2019-01-27 06:00 +0100
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    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Jens Holzhäuser <Jens.Holzhaeuser@gmx.net> - 2019-01-26 04:30 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-01-26 19:10 +0100
    Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? local10 <local10@tutanota.com> - 2019-02-03 01:30 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Toni Mas i Soler <antomassol@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 09:10 +0100
      Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-02-03 10:20 +0100
        Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-03 11:10 +0100
          Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 11:30 +0100
            Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-02-03 16:10 +0100
              Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 18:40 +0100
            Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2019-02-03 19:00 +0100
            Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-03 19:10 +0100
              Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-02-03 20:10 +0100
                Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2019-02-03 20:30 +0100
                Re: USB hard drives -- recommendations? Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-02-04 18:20 +0100
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