I am looking at buying a external hard drive.Which is better,Maxtor or Western Digital? Also, how big is the difference in performance in a 2mb buffer vs a 8mb buffer? I'll be useing it to store movies and use my internal hard drive for games. Thanks.
If you have a XPS Gen 2 you could set up RAID 1 (Mirroing) assuming you have one SATA drive already. But Mirroing is not a replacement for backup, it certainly gives you a bit extra protection between backups.
You need identical drives to setup the RAID 1. Search on my post for some setup information if you intrested. It fairly easy to setup.
I have a 250 GB External Maxtor One Touch USB 2.0/Firewire HDD that I have connected to my system via firewire. I'm very pleased with it. It has an 8 mb buffer (7200 RPM). I haven't had any problems with the drive. I use it for backing up data and for additional storage. It performs very well, and it's very quiet! This particular drive (the 250 GB Maxtor One Touch USB 2.0/Firewire) was honored by PC World with a 2004 World Class Award for best external HD: http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=136913&reltype=Corporate&maxtor_section=press I can't comment on WD external HDDs; I've never tried one.
Stay away from the Maxtor One Touch line up. I know quite a few people who have had problems with it, and had to have their drives replaced within 3 weeks of purchase. Apparently, the hard drive simply fails and all the data is lost. I would recommend going for a Western Digital Dual Option External Hard Drive. The 250GB Version is on sale at Newegg.com for 249.99 w/out shipping. Thats just a buck per gig of data. Great deal IMO.
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If you have a XPS Gen 2 you could set up RAID 1 (Mirroing) assuming you have one SATA drive already. But Mirroing is not a replacement for backup, it certainly gives you a bit extra protection between backups.
You need identical drives to setup the RAID 1. Search on my post for some setup information if you intrested. It fairly easy to setup.
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Fishn,
I have a 250 GB External Maxtor One Touch USB 2.0/Firewire HDD that I have connected to my system via firewire. I'm very pleased with it. It has an 8 mb buffer (7200 RPM). I haven't had any problems with the drive. I use it for backing up data and for additional storage. It performs very well, and it's very quiet! This particular drive (the 250 GB Maxtor One Touch USB 2.0/Firewire) was honored by PC World with a 2004 World Class Award for best external HD: http://www.shareholder.com/maxtor/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=136913&reltype=Corporate&maxtor_section=press I can't comment on WD external HDDs; I've never tried one.
Roger
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Stay away from the Maxtor One Touch line up. I know quite a few people who have had problems with it, and had to have their drives replaced within 3 weeks of purchase. Apparently, the hard drive simply fails and all the data is lost. I would recommend going for a Western Digital Dual Option External Hard Drive. The 250GB Version is on sale at Newegg.com for 249.99 w/out shipping. Thats just a buck per gig of data. Great deal IMO.
Good Luck