Advice for new portable HDD - Page 2

elton · 26th Oct 2007, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peaz

how much capacity do you need? if you can always find a power plug when you want to use the portable hard disk, then go for 3.5", otherwise, if it's on the go... then no choice, you need to use 2.5" since it can just power on 2 USB ports.

Case better get good quality one also la. Get Vantec one

or Coolermaster! LOL!

Is it make much different on the case if i do not need some special button like auto backup bla bla bla? But seem that coolermaster pretty actractive...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Vantec is usually OEMed from a Chinese/Taiwanese company.

Yeah, get a good quality one. Some even support auto-shutdown which will be important if you are the kind to leave the drive turned on all the time.

Also, the better cases will have the option for e-SATA and even Firewire.

Oh... ok... auto shutdown i may need it..i think IDE is good enough mainly for storage....I going to check out this weekend..

Anyway more idea more idea!!!!

Adrian Wong · 26th Oct 2007, 01:03 AM

Well, practically all cases support both IDE and SATA. But it's a good idea to double-check.

The_YongGrand · 26th Oct 2007, 08:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

Well, practically all cases support both IDE and SATA. But it's a good idea to double-check.

So don't have any password protected external HDDs? If so, that'll be uber great!

Adrian Wong · 26th Oct 2007, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

So don't have any password protected external HDDs? If so, that'll be uber great!

Not that I know of. It will require the case to include an encryption module, or you will have to buy a hard drive with encryption built-in.

elton · 29th Oct 2007, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_YongGrand

So don't have any password protected external HDDs? If so, that'll be uber great!

Em... dun feel to have it...i mean once gone mean gone in term of spoil or missing, since i dun think it will be use by more than 1 person...

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