From: JS on 24 Dec 2009 15:07 You're welcome. -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Brian V" <BrianV(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:25A2E73A-1347-49C8-860D-509ED9BFABFF(a)microsoft.com... > All the information is helpful. Thank you very much. This is what I > needed. > > I was going to contact Acer. Just havn't yet. > > Thank you everyone. > > "Adrian C" wrote: > >> JS wrote: >> > PATA drives are old technology >> > and you are likely to pay more $$ for a PATA >> > than a SATA drive of the same storage capacity. >> > >> > Currently the new 2TB drives have a poor reputation >> > for reliability so I would suggest adding an internal 1TB >> > SATA and an external (with a brick/power module) 1TB >> > USB drive. >> > >> >> I'd suggest the above, but using the external drive as a mirror to media >> data on the PC - i.e. purely as a backup. Whenever ya machine is on the >> way to shutdown ye can run a script to copy music files to the external >> drive. Good backup for music which may take many, many hours of ripping >> to replace on disk failure. >> >> Also, this external hard drive can then be taken with ya to parties, and >> used with a laptop, where ye can become DJ God... >> >> -- >> Adrian C >> . >> |