Backup Question!

snappyfish · 11 Mar 2009 at 09:49

I need to buy a additional hardrive for backing up photo's. My machine spec is below in my signature with my main hardrive and motherboard spec etc.

My question is what to go for:

External Drive?
Internal Drive?
Internal Drive in external enclosure?
Smaller driver than I have at the moment then install o/s on that and use my current main drive as back up instead?

Paul11 · 11 Mar 2009 at 09:53

having an internal drive as a backup drive is only good against drive failure but will not cover you if your pc gets stolen

best is to have an external drive and once you have backed it up to move it to a cupboard in a different room.

snappyfish · 11 Mar 2009 at 10:11

Paul11 said:
having an internal drive as a backup drive is only good against drive failure but will not cover you if your pc gets stolen

best is to have an external drive and once you have backed it up to move it to a cupboard in a different room.

Yes thats along what I'm thinking but need help with all the different choices out there? Do i get a Standard External drive or a internal in a external enclosure? whats the reasons for these being made and the benefits?

Greenlizard0 · 11 Mar 2009 at 10:12

If it's photos perhaps and online photo archive or general archive?

Paul11 · 11 Mar 2009 at 10:13

personally i would just grab a ready made external

how big is your current drive? and how much data do you have on it ?

edit:
or this

Greenlizard0 said:
If it's photos perhaps and online photo archive or general archive?

snappyfish · 11 Mar 2009 at 10:16

Paul11 said:
personally i would just grab a ready made external

how big is your current drive? and how much data do you have on it ?

edit:
or this

current drive is 640gb i will use it for music and a few other bits prefer to have it all in one place i.e backup drive!

Paul11 · 11 Mar 2009 at 10:18

gary_0928 said:
current drive is 640gb i will use it for music and a few other bits prefer to have it all in one place i.e backup drive!

bargain at this price

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-152-SE

snappyfish · 11 Mar 2009 at 10:41

Paul11 said:
bargain at this price

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-152-SE

OK that looks a good choice but what are the internal drives external enclosures about? what are the reasons for using those?

Paul11 · 11 Mar 2009 at 10:56

gary_0928 said:
OK that looks a good choice but what are the internal drives external enclosures about? what are the reasons for using those?

no reason. only that it will let you upgrade the internal drive at a later date

but it will cost more .. as that deal above is such a good price