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Hi,<br><br>
I don't have any opinions on the hard drive but we have found some
software that helps with backup.<br><br>
We use Second Copy
<a href="http://www.centered.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.centered.com/</a>
. It works more like mirroring software than a backup utility. All the data is copied to the USB drive uncompressed (unless you want it compressed) with NTFS permissions intact. We have several USB drives, and we change the destination drive once a week, then keep them off site. <br><br>
What is great about this system:<br>
Data is on a USB drive, ready to use<br>
Software is cheap<br>
Easy to setup/maintain<br>
Keeps history of changed files<br><br>
What is not great about this system:<br>
Doesn't copy Mac files, but it might copy Mac OS X<br>
I had trouble running it from the server. I run it on my workstation.<br>
Not real fast, but that is probably a USB bottleneck<br><br>
If anyone wants more information let me know.<br><br>
Later<br>
Chris<br><br>
At 05:28 PM 12/3/2004 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi Winpartners!<br><br>
I'm e-mailing on behalf of a helpdesk client, Roberta Brawer, who is interested in purchasing<br>
a 200gb external hard drive for backup purposes. It also needs to be USB. She's hoping to purchase<br>
one this weekend.<br><br>
She is not subscribed to winpartners as yet, so please cc: roberta@mit.edu on your responses.<br><br>
She is currently looking at the Maxtor One Touch II, but she hasn't seen many reviews for it<br>
good, bad or ugly and would like to know if others have any opinions to offer.<br><br>
Her requirements:<br>
1. Reliable (most important)<br>
2. Easy to use<br>
3. Reasonably priced<br><br>
Govconnection has one listed:<br>
<font face="Verdana" size=4>Maxtor</font><br>
<font face="Verdana" size=4>Maxtor One Touch II 200GB Hard Drive</font><br>
<font face="Verdana" size=4>Platform: N Mf #:E01A200</font><font face="Verdana" size=4 color="#FF0000"> $211.40</font><br>
<font face="Verdana" size=4>Item #: 5529552</font><br>
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</font>She wanted to see if this was USB, but the Maxter page does not have this listed as 200gb. It<br>
says it's only a 250gb hard drive so I'm not sure if this is a typo on Govconnection.<br><br>
Thanks for any help you can offer!<br><br>
Christine<br><br>
Christine Verick<br>
Information Services & Technology<br>
MIT Computing Helpdesk<br>
verick@mit.edu<br>
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