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| 10-25-10 06:04am - 5172 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
(Another) advice about an external hd External hd is essential for PUs - with loads of good material to keep....guess a lot here has that question all the time... So - again - a question to the experts here: There's a fine deal on a Western Digital external hd here at my local dealer in Europe: 'WD Elements Desktop New Edition 2TB USB 2.0 Black' Anybody knows about this one - AND, like someone said earlier: those 2,0TB externals might not be so reliable after all - go for a couple of 1.0 or 1.5 instead.... I'm just confused or not very tech... Anybody, please - getting my present hds close to the limit.... "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 10-25-10 07:10am - 5172 days | #2 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended  Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
As I mentioned in a recent thread I recently bought one of the WD 2TB drives. I've only had it a short while so can't comment on its reliability. One thing though, it installs some backup software that auto-runs w/every system boot. It appears to be a bit of a memory hog so if you're short of system resources, that might be a factor. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 10-25-10 07:28am - 5172 days | #3 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Thanks, Khan - tried to Google possible problems about the size (2TB) of externals - and got very different answers... But since I now got a 6 GB Processor, it seems like an ok opportunity...  "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 10-25-10 07:36am - 5172 days | #4 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
One more thing I'll mention ... in case you get one. The drive has the ability to be password protected. When I initially installed the drive, it wanted me to enter a password. I checked the docs and didn't find a default "admin" password so I called WD. It seems the drives were supposed to default to no password. However, some of the drives (for reasons the tech guy didn't know) defaulted to password protected. There is no default admin password so the only option is to "reformat" the drive. If that happens to you, don't sweat it. The "reformat" process takes only a minute or so and the software installed on the drive is NOT overwritten. So really, it's nothing to worry about if you get one of the drives that asks for a password on initial install. Just thought I'd mention it since you wouldn't be able to use the 800 phone number provided. Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 10-25-10 07:42am - 5172 days | #5 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
Thanks, again - so does that mean that you go through the "reformat" process just after you've installed - and before you create libraries and save your stuff...??? "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 10-25-10 07:57am - 5172 days | #6 | |
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Khan (0)
Suspended Posts: 1,737 Registered: Jan 05, '07 Location: USA |
Yes. When you first install the drive (before saving anything onto it) it *might* ask you to log in to the drive. If it does, that's the password protection and the only way around it is to select the reformat option. It's worth noting that if you use the password option and at some time (in the future, after using the drive) forget the password, then you would lose data as there is no way (even for WD) to retrieve the lost password. FWIW, once the drive is installed, it's an easy task to disable the password protection (if that's your desire). Former PornUsers Senior Administrator Now at: MyPorn.com "To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences."-John Henry Patterson | |
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| 10-25-10 08:10am - 5172 days | #7 | |
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Denner (0)
Active User Posts: 1,217 Registered: Mar 03, '07 Location: Denmark |
A big THANK YOU....  "I don't drink anymore - I freeze it, and eat it like a popcicle" | |
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| 10-27-10 11:10pm - 5169 days | #8 | |
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littlejoe (0)
Active User Posts: 49 Registered: Jan 25, '07 Location: earth |
a couple weeks ago i bought a wd 2tb ext drive and it died while i was copying files to it. i also had a samsung 1.5tb die on me too. since then ive been using a 500gb int and 1tb ext to backup my stuff. i wont buy anything over 1tb since ive had too many failures | |
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