NAS Hard drive Enclosures with SATA, and NTFS which one do you have or would you recommend?
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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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You can't "make" a hard drive an SATA2 drive.  It either was SATA2 when you bought it, or it wasn't.  You're talking about RAID 0, which can be done with either SATA1 or SATA2 drives.\n\nRAID will make a definite difference in throughput, but those weren't fast drives to begin with.  I'd recommend you spend $95 on a drive that's almost 3 times as big, and roughly 3x as fast: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140  Then, just use the Maxtor as either a spare drive, or as additionaly storage space.
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its better to have a backup on external hdd. I have 300GB ext hdd. Its easy to use and store. It will cost you like $70-$90.\n\nPS: Get a Internal HDD and an enclosure for it. Its cheaper that way.
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No.  You need more than simply connecting the hard drive to the LAN.  The hard drive has to act as a NAS (Network Attached Storage).  Basically that means the box that you're connecting to the LAN has to have in it, in addition to the hard drive, a simple computer that can handle network file-transfer protocols, such as FTP, NFS, SMB, etc.
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i think this question should be what whould i look when  buying an ext hdd  ;)\n\njust make sure your laptop has a usb port \ndont buy any product which has builted for usb 1.1 ( cause they would be cheap to effect your decision)  go for usb 2.0\n\ncheck for western digital while checkin seagate prices cause in my country wd is more cheaper than seagate for same gb\n\ncan check around at yahoos new service http://tech.yahoo.com
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Yes u can have both Hard disk with Fat32 & NTFS as Windows XP supports for both file systems.\n\nBut I recommend to convert ur primary drive to NTFS. Its easy to convert Fat32 to NTFS for better performance & security of ur HDD.\n\nGoto command prompt & type\n>convert <volume label> /fs:ntfs /v\n\nConverts FAT volumes to NTFS.\nCONVERT volume /FS:NTFS [/V] [/CvtArea:filename] [/NoSecurity] [/X]\n  volume      Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon),\n              mount point, or volume name.\n  /FS:NTFS    Specifies that the volume is to be converted to NTFS.\n  /V          Specifies that Convert should be run in verbose mode.\n  /CvtArea:filename Specifies a contiguous file in the root directory to be the place holder for NTFS system files.\n  /NoSecurity Specifies the converted files and directories security settings to be accessible by everyone.\n  /X          Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary.\n              All opened handles to the volume would then be invalid.\n\nU can get help by typing\n>Convert /?\nGood Luck....
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Do you mean format or Wipe??? W2K/XP will format the drive for you during setup - It will prompt you always go with NTFS as it is far more stable than FAT32!! To zero or wipe a drive. To get rid of a virus Etc. Killdisk works well - I run it twice if there is a virus. See sources.
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no ntfs does not work with linux, NTFS is a file system supported  by windows and linux has its own file system.
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If this the RAID array is going to be for your primary boot volume and you're simply looking for top loading speeds, the Raptors are your best bet.  If you're looking for maximum capacity for your dollars, get the 7.2K drives.
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well really depends on what kind of hardrives you have are they IDE or SATA?? sata has raid features on it so you can  also doesnt matter how much space yor disks have to spped up ur system it reallt matters on the system ram
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http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/archMFT-c.html\n\nHope that helps!
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Connection Type- EIDE, SATA 1.5, or SATA 3. Which do you have?\nSize- How much space you need to have?\nBuffer- How big is the memory buffer\nRotations- The higher, the faster it retrieves data, and the more heat it generates.\nRAID- Going to keep your other one? If so do you have enough slots ready?\nBrand- Is it a trusted brand. This isnt very important, but some have a better reputation
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I don't have any experience with Seagate HDD's, but I have heard from people who have used them in heavy usage situations and they say that they are not all that good. They recommend Western Digital first and Maxtor a close second. I have built a couple of computers, and I buy most of my parts from newegg.com. I do trust the customer comments, especially the last two months, this may show a trend in quality issues.
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Serial ATA or SATA drives have a faster Data transfer rates and better connectors. They r coming with bigger caches and definitely recommended over Parallel ATAs. But SATA are slightly more expensive than PATA. The performance gain is marginal and u may not even notice it on a badly configured syste.\n\nI wud recommend to go for As much RAM ur Mobo can take instead and faster CPU to get the max performance. Further if ur budget allows, go for multiple Hard Disks  and put them in RAID.\n\nFurther elaboration wud be out of scope of this post.
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I've always good luck with Seagate's and Hitachi's.\n\nYou can get a Seagate 300GB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive from Best Buy for about $190 and it's a 7200 rpm for fast read/write times.
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I am sure this is one of the current best gamming machine configuration.  The only thing keep it from perfection is consider 2 GB of ram instead of 1.\n\nFor the HD, I would add 2 seagate 160GB SATA 2 and set up raid 0.\n\n\nI gave this 9.5/10
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If you are on a very tight budget, then get an internal 3.5 inch hard disk drive IDE or ATA will be adequate.  Buy the enclosure, separately.  You will be able to save a lot of money and you will be able to get a bigger hard disk drive.\n\nIf money is no object and dont want the hassle of putting everything together then buy a retail external hard disk drive.  However, the capacity of the hard disk will be relatively low when compared to the price.\n\nThe main difference is that a retail ready drive comes pre-configured with software and is truly plug and play.  If you open it up, you are not going to see anything different.\n\nPutting together and setting it up is easy.  A little patience is all that is required.  I have three external hard disks.  I managed to get some bargains online.  Saved a bundle.\n\nI have written a couple of guides on this, it may prove to be useful.  See below