[accesscomp] Re: backing up a hard drive
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:06:34 -0600
I dohn't see any reason to spend what appears to be much more money for a
flash drive for the intended use.
Have you compared prices between flash drives and external hard drives? A
64gb flash drive costs roughly between 120 and 140 dollars. I checked one
200gb USB hard drive from one business and found that it costs about 134
dollars. Obviously, a smaller USB drive would cost less. but if the
intention is to have a drive that will hold more material over time as,
assumedly, you will have more material to store the longer you use a
computer, it would probably make far more sense and save money in the
long run to purchase a hard drive that is larger than your current
requirements. Since I have no idea how quickly you amass new material, I
can't say whether a 200gb hard drive would be worth purchasing. Perhaps a
smaller drive would be fine. But I expect, and you will either have to
check prices or wait for other comments, that for any similar size, a USB
hard drive would be significantly cheaper than a flash drive.
Gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler Juranek" <tylerpolkaman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 7:22 AM
> Well, you could get a huge, and I mean huge, flash drive.
> Probably your cheapest bet.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marcus <marcus72@xxxxxxx>
> To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, Feb 27, 2011 7:20:28
> Subject: [accesscomp] Re: backing up a hard drive
>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, I guess my message was a bit skewed.
>>
>> I should have stated that I just want to backup some files, not do any
>> updating in the future.
>>
>> So, my question should be, are there suggestions for reliable external
>> drives?
>>
>> --
>> Marcus
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