I'm using IBM travelstar usb2.0 mass storage with SAMSUNG MP0402H HDD. I heard somebody said reading directly from the usb HDD will spoil it. Instead we should copy files into the pc and read from the pc. This also apply to other usb mass storage such as flash drive. Is it true?
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Thats not true. However you might have heard that playing a movie directly from an external USB flash-memory based drive too often can reduce the life of the device. With external hard drive, you're safe.
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For backup (one touch) i would go with Seagate, but for a portable hard drive i would use WD (western digital)\n\nBoth are excellent companies, and i haven't had a faulty product from them yet.
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First thing, you need to provide more information in order for a definative answer to given.\n  I checked the www site for Buslink\n\n http://www.buslink.com/B1/c_table.shtml\n\nthey have several flavors of external hard drive in the mix, USB 1, USB 2, Firewire, Serial ATA etc....\nDepending on the Model of your particular drive and assuming you have the proper interface on the new computer ie... USB 1, USB 2, etc.. You most likely just need to download the proper driver in order for it to work. You should be able to obtain the driver on the www site I listed above, just identify your external drive by model and download the appropriate driver, once downloaded install the driver, it will likely require a re-boot.\nNOTE: Most USB Devices 1.0 or 2.0 require that the device NOT be connected when you install the driver files. You install the drivers and once installation is completed and computer restarted connect the device and your computer should do a short initialization/installation of the device.\nOne more note: If your computer supports USB 2.0 the hardware drivers may and may not have it configured properly, a large number of PC's as pre-configured have the USB set up as USB 1, in order to have it recognised as USB 2 you may have to visit the Computer Manufacturers www site to obtain a patch to enable USB 2, the drivers for USB 2 are provided By Microsoft, but again they may not install without a patch from the Manufacturer making your USB 2 be set up as USB 1. In any case USB 2 devices tend to be backward compatible with USB 1 and will install and operate on it although at a lower data transfer speed.\n If you have any further questions feel free to contact me at fsebentley@direcway.com
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no, unfortunately you got it wrong. the TS-L462D is a so called combo drive, it can read&write CDs and read DVDs but can not write them.\nthis is the drive you have\nhttp://www.tsstorage.com/korea/kr/product/info_list.php?category=57\nTSST is short for Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology, a very reliable brand.
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Well.. with an external hard drive you need to plug it back into another computer to play it so if you want to listen to your music without plugging it into another computer then I recomend gettign one of those little 1-5 GB MP3 players. Most(if not all) of them not only can store MP3's but also regular old files. But if you're looking into backing up your whole computer then sure get an external hard drive, but if it's just a few directorys get something smaller. Anything more would jsut be a big waist of money.
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hmm.. i have not experienced this. but its strange that the files got lost if you pull out the memory card in between the transfer!!!\nbtw, what do you mean by format??? are you able to use the memory card further or not?
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Well i dont really get why you would want to use it as an external hard drive beacause I am assuming that its a regular bulky computer, but the answer is no it is not possible although im sure u can take the harddrive out of that computer and use it as a internal hardrive
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The best way will be use the HDD as slave to some other harddisk and tranfer the data.\n\nIn safe mode USB drives won't work, because there only the minimal resources are loaded. \n\nIf you can log into safe mode try restoring your machine to a previous stable point.
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Go here:\nhttp://www.memorex.com/html/products_subcategory.php?section=3&CID=12&SID=16&opento=12\n\nPick your drive and then click on "Support" from the drive's page. You'll see a Download section. You can get Win98SE drivers from there. I don't think Win98 (non-SE) supports USB mass storage at all.
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If you are on an older computer, it may need the driver for the device.  On newer machine, you do not need it.  Also, if you locked your data with a password using a utility that came with the USB drive it may be asking for that.
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USB External hard drives are very affordable and have the advantage of being portable. Another alternative is copying your data to a DVD(s). Then store them offsite in case of a fire or other disaster.
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It really doesn't matter much.  Get the best deal you can on a good quality external drive.  Read some reviews and choose something with a warranty of at least 1 year.\n\nUSB 2.0 is faster than 1.1, but you won't be able to use it anyway unless your computer has the appropriate motherboard or usb card installed.  And unless you're going to be transferring huge files, the difference in transfer speed won't really be noticeable.\n\nAs far as the rpm of the hard drive, that's even less important.\n\nSince an external hard drive is used for achive purposes you should consider the quality of the drive more important than anything else because if it fails, it'll end up being an over-priced paperweight.
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That'll most often happen under Windows 2000 and earlier. Windows also will try to index the files on any media too causing a delay. Most USB keys have a light on them. As long as that light isn't blinking just pull the key out. Blinking indicates read/write activity and you could lose data pulling it when it's blinking. If you get an error telling you the device was removed tell Windows that you're a big person and you can handle things by yourself.
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if there is a firewire jack on the external case and if you have firewire on your PC, then you can use a firewire cable to connect the external drive. if you haven't firewire on your PC, i would suggest to get a new USB 2.0 case for the external drive, it's cheaper than to install a firewire card in the PC.\n\nedit:\noops, i was wrong - PCI / Firewire adapter cards have become pretty cheap\nhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16815124015
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There is no need for the external drive to be NTFS....NTFS recognises FAT32. You can back up from a computer which has a NTFS hard drive onto a FAT32 external hard drive (in an enclosure). The NTFS will see the FAT 32 Drive & you can drag & drop both ways.\nA Computer using FAT32 cannot recognise /backup to a NTFS external drive but NTFS can recognise & backup onto a FAT32 aswell as a NTFS external drive.\nThis is why you are having difficulty finding an NTFS external drive because FAT32 (unlike NTFS) is compatible for computers using either NTFS or FAT32 & is the best one to get.
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I'd go with the Maxtor just because it's larger. Both companies make reliable hardware so I really don't see a quality issue there. The only possible advantage with the Seagate would be if your computer has Firewire and you got a Firewire enclosure. In some cases that might be better. Go do some reading if you want...\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=firewire+vs.+usb