[Spridgets] OT - External hard drives

[Mark A. O'Neil]

To add to the conversation - I have had every brand mentioned (and a  
couple not - Quantum ring a bell?) fail over the years.

The bottom line is if your data is important keep it on a variety of  
media, different locations, and multiple drives.

I like mirrored raid and DVD/RW myself...If using cheaper external  
drives consider not leaving them connected and spinning all the time.

FWIW: this morning I saw online a Buffalo NAS 1TB (500GB mirrored) for  
~$210.00. I thought about getting one, but I am busy converting my  
eeePC to a mini-tabletPC and just spent my computer allowance for the  
month on a touch screen. ;^)

-m