Hi,
I`m looking to for an ultra-portable 1TB 7200rpm hard disk for storing laser scanning data. I would like it to support USB2 & 3, Firewire and eSATA and so far I have found;
1. Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 2.5-inch 1TB at £129
2. The Iomega Professional External Hard Drive at £75.00.
However I have heard that the Iomega is not particularly reliable?
Has anyone used these devices? or knows of any alternatives?
Cheers,
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Re: Ultra-Portable Hard Disk
I have had the Iomega one previously, and it failed on me, so personally, i wouldnt reccomend it. But then again, it was living in my laptop bag, and being somewhat abused in its transportation, so perhaps it was just me!
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Hello Tim,
I have decided to go with the Seagate, as a safe bet, especially with works data...
cheers,
I have decided to go with the Seagate, as a safe bet, especially with works data...
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Re: Ultra-Portable Hard Disk
I can recommend this drive http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buffalo-DriveSt ... B00169AQQ2
Just bought two of them and after a fashion they work fine and work as fast as the internal drives for processing large datasets.
A word of warning for using eSATA with Windows 7 and Dell laptops though. It may not be recognised and changing BIOS settings could make the primary disk unbootable.
Found a solution here: http://en.community.dell.com/support-fo ... 96175.aspx
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Just bought two of them and after a fashion they work fine and work as fast as the internal drives for processing large datasets.
A word of warning for using eSATA with Windows 7 and Dell laptops though. It may not be recognised and changing BIOS settings could make the primary disk unbootable.
Found a solution here: http://en.community.dell.com/support-fo ... 96175.aspx
Nick