Well? Do you have a Firewire or USB external HDD? I am just wondering because I recently picked one up since it would be much easier to store all my media on there so I could play it on my Tele. It is nice to backup your PS3 every year or so just in case, and then it is just nice for old files that you don't really need on your flash drive, but still want to keep like last semesters work, notes and handouts. I bought one of those Western Digital 500GB Passports. I was going to get a 1TB stand-alone for the same price, but then you need an extra power supply to power it, and on top of that, it i pretty huge. But anyways, I have a imac that I use most of the time and I was wondering, is it really good to keep that thing plugged in all the time, even if I am not going to be using it. I probably use it like two or three times a day just to transfer my days work or to retrieve something off it. And then maybe once to watch a show or movie on my PS3 and plug it in there. So I was wondering, is it just better for me to keep it disconnected most of the time with properly ejecting it and whatnot, or can you just leave it in 24/7 or for like the 12-16 hours my mac is on for a day???
Well? Do you have a Firewire or USB external HDD? I am just wondering because I recently picked one up since it would be much easier to store all my media on there so I could play it on my Tele. It is nice to backup your PS3 every year or so just in case, and then it is just nice for old files that you don't really need on your flash drive, but still want to keep like last semesters work, notes and handouts. I bought one of those Western Digital 500GB Passports. I was going to get a 1TB stand-alone for the same price, but then you need an extra power supply to power it, and on top of that, it i pretty huge. But anyways, I have a imac that I use most of the time and I was wondering, is it really good to keep that thing plugged in all the time, even if I am not going to be using it. I probably use it like two or three times a day just to transfer my days work or to retrieve something off it. And then maybe once to watch a show or movie on my PS3 and plug it in there. So I was wondering, is it just better for me to keep it disconnected most of the time with properly ejecting it and whatnot, or can you just leave it in 24/7 or for like the 12-16 hours my mac is on for a day???ice_radon
I have an ESATA hardrive enclosure that can fit 4 hard drives in it. I turn the power on and off on mine regularily because my comp is in my room and it makes a lot of noise. Other times I leave it on all night because my computer is on all the time doing folding@home. I don't think it really matters but I would just turn it off when I turn my computer off.
I only have a flash right now, but plan on getting a 1TB external hdd fairly soon. I download a lot of music, and i make a lot of videos, so i could really really use the extra space.
Every time I upgrade my system I religate my old HDD's to an external enclosure, thus I have a couple floating around. A 40GB in a PATA enclosure and a 120GB in a SATA enclosure. Newegg is the bawls for cheap enclosures.
How many of you boast a Newegg case badge when you could quite easily stick a different badge in that holiest of holy's?
[QUOTE="vito_128"]Oh how I wish I had one.... freham2001
What is in your sig? They look like cakes O.o Tis cheese. And in order to stay on topic, anyone know how much a 160gig portable hard drive of any type would cost?
[QUOTE="freham2001"][QUOTE="vito_128"]Oh how I wish I had one.... vito_128
What is in your sig? They look like cakes O.o Tis cheese. And in order to stay on topic, anyone know how much a 160gig portable hard drive of any type would cost?
About this much
or, why not upgrade? They dont cost too much more:
So I was wondering, is it just better for me to keep it disconnected most of the time with properly ejecting it and whatnot, or can you just leave it in 24/7 or for like the 12-16 hours my mac is on for a day???ice_radon
It is ok to disconnect it all the time as long as you eject it properly. I never leave mine on because it randomly starts up at night and is quite loud.
[QUOTE="ice_radon"] So I was wondering, is it just better for me to keep it disconnected most of the time with properly ejecting it and whatnot, or can you just leave it in 24/7 or for like the 12-16 hours my mac is on for a day???Co0kieMonsterxX
It is ok to disconnect it all the time as long as you eject it properly. I never leave mine on because it randomly starts up at night and is quite loud.
how would you eject it properly? my thing has a power switch. i just turn it off and on...
how would you eject it properly? my thing has a power switch. i just turn it off and on...
jimbojones_sw
In Windows XP or Vista an icon that looks like a USB plug should appear on the left hand side of the task bar. In Vista you just have to click and select the drive. In XP you get a little dialog Window, in which you have to select the drive and hit stop. You can also go into [My] Computer, right click the drive, and select "remove safely".
On the Mac I believe you just drag the drive icon to the trash can.
how would you eject it properly? my thing has a power switch. i just turn it off and on...
ThePlothole
In Windows XP or Vista an icon that looks like a USB plug should appear on the left hand side of the task bar. In Vista you just have to click and select the drive. In XP you get a little dialog Window, in which you have to select the drive and hit stop. You can also go into My Computer, right click the drive, and select "remove safely".
On the Mac I believe you just drag the drive icon to the trash can.
Thanks. I guess this will save me from losing all my software
I've got two WD My Books: a 500GB connected to my desktop for automated backups and a 1TB connected to my DVR for additional storage space. Both are on 24/7 and I've never had any issues with them.
No, I don't but I really need to get one; I want to back up my laptop which has 4 GBs of the 250 GBs it started with. I'm thinking of getting a 250 GB toshiba HD for 62 bucks on Amazon but I'll do some looking around first.
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