Now that last part (makes you look all techy) really appeals to me! How big is an external hard drive? Bigger that a bread box? (Old T.V. show question) Size of a hard copy book? Obviously I have never seen an external hard drive and have no idea. Hey, guess I could go on over to an on line store and look at the pictures. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 12:03 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Acronis True Image > Well... advantage/disadvantage... nothing really major. They really are > the same beasts, just in different suits. > Internals usually cost less. And, are much tidier if they fit in your > tower. Some towers are either too small to accept another drive, or are > already filled to capacity. For someone like me, all my systems are > stacked inside with multiple drives, so external is the only way to go. > > Plus... externals can be removed and take from here to there... SHOULD > that be required. > > Most externals have on/off switches, so you can keep them off and only > turn them on when you need them. If you don't use the drive much, that > feature alone can add years to the drive. > > And, finally... the externals make you look all techy when your friends > come over and see all the lights emanating from the office from all those > external drives. > :o) > > ====================================== > = SirTroth > = ICQ: 1717439 > = AIM/AOL: SirTrothX > = YAHOO: SirTroth > = MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx (don't email me here) > = SKYPE: SirTroth > = XFIRE: SirTroth > ====================================== > > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/