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Buffalo 80GB MiniStation Portable HardDrive - £29.99
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I was just wondering is this really that good a deal.
But I checked & I think my hard drive has 32.1 GB on it
& my docs is only 7.04 GB, so I guess its plenty for me?0 -
I was just wondering is this really that good a deal.
But I checked & I think my hard drive has 32.1 GB on it
& my docs is only 7.04 GB, so I guess its plenty for me?
32.1 total, or 32.1 free space? It's a fair price for a drive that size, but I'd expect other sites to begin following suit soon and dropping their prices too
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therealdessie wrote: »32.1 total, or 32.1 free space? It's a fair price for a drive that size, but I'd expect other sites to begin following suit soon and dropping their prices too
32.1 actually used.
154 free space.
Total hard drive 1860 -
Would be easier to partition that drive and back up directly to it. It wouldn't protect against a hardware failure, but would be enough to keep things "safe" should the operating system go to pot 0
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therealdessie wrote: »Would be easier to partition that drive and back up directly to it. It wouldn't protect against a hardware failure, but would be enough to keep things "safe" should the operating system go to pot
No real point in backing up to a partition on the same drive.
If the OS goes 'to pot', a re-install won't affect anything you have saved on your hard drive, unless you format it.British Ex-pat in British Columbia!0 -
therealdessie wrote: »Would be easier to partition that drive and back up directly to it. It wouldn't protect against a hardware failure, but would be enough to keep things "safe" should the operating system go to pot
Way over my head anyway:o
I'm not that tech minded:o0 -
No real point in backing up to a partition on the same drive.
If the OS goes 'to pot', a re-install won't affect anything you have saved on your hard drive, unless you format it.
I think you're confusing the OS with the partition table, which isn't the same thing. A reinstall of the OS can happen in place without a format, in which came some backup is better than none.0 -
It's gone now, sold out.0
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!!!!!!... I'd have liked the turbo! Never mind that said, it does back up very very quickly in any case, and it's a lovely looking piece of kit
(Plus the extra USB cables come in handy) 0
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