[WinPartners] Recommendations for external hd for backup use?

[Dave Broderick]

Maxtor one touch's come in a variety of sizes  120 200 240 etc

I believe they are mostly USB 2.0 by now.

They are OK. The one touch is simply a button that invokes a piece of 
software. That software is a dumbed down backup program that comes with the 
unit, but it's pretty dumb.

You can actually re-purpose the button to do just about anything, but you 
had ought to get a better  backup program if you want to automate backups.

The Maxtors come formatted as Fat 32, this could be a boon or a problem.

At 05:28 PM 12/3/2004 -0500, Christine Verick wrote:
>Hi Winpartners!
>
>I'm e-mailing on behalf of a helpdesk client, Roberta Brawer, who is 
>interested in purchasing
>a 200gb external hard drive for backup purposes. It also needs to be USB. 
>She's hoping to purchase
>one this weekend.
>
>She is not subscribed to winpartners as yet, so please cc: roberta at mit.edu 
>on your responses.
>
>She is currently looking at the Maxtor One Touch II, but she hasn't seen 
>many reviews for it
>good, bad or ugly and would like to know if others have any opinions to offer.
>
>Her requirements:
>1. Reliable (most important)
>2. Easy to use
>3. Reasonably priced
>
>Govconnection has one listed:
>Maxtor
>Maxtor One Touch II 200GB Hard Drive
>Platform: N Mf #:E01A200 $211.40
>Item #: 5529552
>
>She wanted to see if this was USB, but the Maxter page does not have this 
>listed as 200gb. It
>says it's only a 250gb hard drive so I'm not sure if this is a typo on 
>Govconnection.
>
>Thanks for any help you can offer!
>
>Christine
>
>Christine Verick
>Information Services & Technology
>MIT Computing Helpdesk
>verick at mit.edu
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