I'm not sure Win2K or my motherboard's drive controller can handle
500GB. I've heard there's another capacity design breakpoint somewhere
above the 160GB drives I've been using but I don't know what the
limitation is. I'd have thought LBA was good for a couple of terrabytes
but maybe the limitation is elsewhere.
Anyhow, the 160GB drives when on sale with rebate for $40 + $30 for a
USB drive case have proven to have a very low cost/GB. Hope you got a
good deal on the big drive.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>>That sounds better. How about swapping USB drives in and out of the
>>configuration? I have multiple drives used for backup and usually
>>they're not even plugged into a port let alone powered on.
>>
>
> I can't imagine that counts. I plug in portable storage devices and
> unplug them all the time.
>
> I just did the math again and came around to your point of view. A 500GB
> multi interface external drive started the trip my way today. I hate to
> spend the $ that could go toward the next camera, printer or scanner,
> but I don't see how else to back up my already too big and still growing
> digital image files. At least HD prices have kept going down. Maybe I
> need to stop scanning the old film?
>
> Moose
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