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kristupes
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External Drive

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I need to buy a new external hard drive to run my samples off and wanted to get some suggestions as to what are the best hard drives out there. I have a MacBook pro and use DP 5. I bought a Maxtor Firewire 400/800, but that was a disaster, so I need something far more stable.
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Use the search function I remember taking part in at least 4 thread that exactly deals with your subject.
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Post by emulatorloo »

I buy either seagate or IBM/Toshiba drives and put them in a firewire case, like this:

http://www.egoodz.com/product.asp?pf_id=3500SEAPSIL

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Agree MAXTOR is BAD NEWS. . .
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I use Glyph and they are great... and will recover your data almost no matter what if the drive tanks
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Post by Phil O »

I agree with emulatorloo. Build your own! I've had good luck with the Samsung Spinpoints. Very bad luck with Maxtor.

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emulatorloo wrote:I buy either seagate or IBM/Toshiba drives and put them in a firewire case, like this:

http://www.egoodz.com/product.asp?pf_id=3500SEAPSIL

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Agree MAXTOR is BAD NEWS. . .
Can you point me to a web site for the drive?
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http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire ... /800+USB2/
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Post by Phil O »

I've had good luck with NewEgg:

http://www.newegg.com/

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Post by dosuna11 »

Thanks! Has anybody tried this?

http://www.pacificproaudio.com/m_frame. ... drives.asp
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Re: External Drive

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kristupes wrote: I bought a Maxtor Firewire 400/800, but that was a disaster, so I need something far more stable.
Thanks.
This comes as no surprise to me. As I have posted before, I have yet to experience a Maxtor drive that didn't fail. I am astonished that Maxtor can stay in business with such an awful track record.

I have had great luck with Western Digital drives and the Mercury Elite-AL Pro external firewire cases from OWC. In fact I have had great luck with everything I have purchased from OWC.

IMPORTANT POINT!!!... I always purchase an empty drive enclosure and the drive as a separate item... Often the sellers who bundle pre-loaded external drives will put the drives they want to get rid of in them. After all you do NOT want another "Maxtor Inside"!
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