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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 03/20/06 20:01
On 3/20/2006, Ken Moiarty posted this:
> "Trevor" <beanerana@.invalid.net> wrote in message
> news:5sht121sb5ji4cqbjgb77qckhd17t9mnh7@4ax.com...
>> >[...]
>>
>> I back up my important data to another hard drive, not external. It's
>> fast, automated, and foolproof. Acronis TrueImage is the shiznit, as
>> the kids say.
>>
>
> Do you believe the internal hard drive to be faster than an external (USB 2.0
> or a Firewire 400) would be? (I'm thinking external drive for my system
> backup as my motherboard's IDE ports are all taken [3 hard drives + the
> CD/DVD drive] and I really have no PCI expansion slots to spare for a second
> HD controller; although I suppose I could part with some precious extra
> dough to replace the multiple hard drives with one larger one, thus freeing
> up an internal port for, a less expensive and thus partial cost-offsetting,
> internal HD backup.)
>
> Ken
I don't think there is a big speed difference, although I never really
tested it, and my memory has its flaws :-)
I like external drives because they are external. To be just a touch
clearer - if some strange event fries everything in the computer case,
you could easily lose the backup drive too. The external drive has a
chance of being unplugged and unpowered when that happens, and thus
surviving the event. If your house burns down, then just hope it
happens while the external drive is at your brother-in-law's house.
I also like that I can back up my partner's computer today and my
computer tomorrow, as long as the drive is big enough to hold her data
and my data...
These are my thoughts; hope they are useful to you,
Gino
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