Anyone here use a USB portable hard drive.

[texanwitch]

I would like to use it for my laptop.

I really don't like to store to much in my computer, lost to much last time when the hard disk drive died.

[Writer]

1. I think everyone who relies on a laptop should purchase one.

Well worth it, especially for backup. I have backed up all of my writing on a USB drive. :thumbsup:

[texanwitch]

4. Thanks Writer

I have been buying the 1 and 2 GB flash drives but they can fill up
so fast, a larger external drive would hold a lot.

I bought a 4GB flash drive and it is almost full, the same price I could buy a 8GB hard drive.

Thanks for the infomation.

[Crazy Dave]

7. Definitely or...

Use an online storage site. I recently found out that CD-R's are not as reliable as they once were. The quality must be going way down as I only buy the brand names but recently with a Maxell CD-R that I backed some very important data on a month and a half ago won't even read on the PC. I was looking for an older version of a newer file and was screwed. Not too bad, just an annoyance but it could have been worse. That's about the third time over this past year it's happened with the newer CD-R's. I have older ones over four years old still working but I'm always skeptical using new ones now.

[merh]

2. ever since the storm

I've relied on the usb portable hard drive to back up my computers, at home and at work.

They cost next to nothing and back up is so easy. Their compact size makes them so practicle, you can't go wrong relying on one, imho.

[lizziegrace]

3. Mehr!!

:hug:




:)

[merh]

5. hey ya lizziegrace

:hug:

:hi:

[texanwitch]

6. Thanks merh.

Office Max has one for a good price, if there are any left.

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Yep, always use it for school...

Especially for working on papers when I go to the library.

[China_cat]

9. We have 3

2 on desktops and one on the laptop. Absolutely marvelous contraptions.

[Rosco T.]

10. HIGHLY recommend the Western Digital Passport's...

fast, reliable and VERY STURDY .... 120gb for $99 at Costco.

[Broken_Hero]

11. yep, I sure do

its my main back up, in case my harddrive(s) get screwed over. I got an 80 gig...I need to upgrade to 160 though...

[spillthebeans]

12. I have a 80 GB 2.5"

It was the biggest at the time

I didn't want to buy a 3.5", because it would need extra power.

[Perky]

13. I have 200GB Seagate and love it

[texanwitch]

14. I was thinking buying the biggest one I could afford.

I didn't know about the 200GB size.

[Perky]

15. oops sorry I should have said 100 GB

Theyrun for about $130 on Amazon

[texanwitch]

16. I am dealing with pictures, and they use up a of lot space.

I will need that size or a little bigger.

[Perky]

17. ???what format are trhe pics in ???

Because allmy pics are like 20K

[texanwitch]

19. Lots of old family pictures.

I am talking about Great grandparents and up.

Lots of different sizes.

My cousin is emailing some of them and others she is sending on DVDs. Lots more to come.

Some of them I have never seen before.

One of them is my Grandparents dating using a horse and buggy.

[Perky]

20. ahh ok

thought you collecting pics of men ar something....lol

[William769]

18. I have a 200 gig portable USB hard drive.

I can't live without it!

[Deja Q]

21. Must... resist... temptation... to copycat!

:evilgrin:

[benny05]

22. I have a hard drive--about 60G

USB stick 1G and USB cable to an external 100G drive.

[ironflange]

23. I have a 120 GB external

The kind you have to plug into the wall. It's very handy, way better for transferring big files than e-mailing them to myself. I'm trying to figure out if I can set it up to boot Linux when I want it (which seems to be most of the time now).

[CueST]

24. Get yourself

a good 2 gigabyte thumbdrive with good read/write speeds. John Haller's "Portable Apps Suite" (http://portableapps.com/suite) is a useful addition. I use KeePass, which I can't praise enough (http://keepass.sourceforge.net) and a portable version of Firefox everywhere I go.

[hunter]

25. Just do it.

Even get two. One for backup, kept safely apart from the computer most of the time, and one for the road.

[Omphaloskepsis]

26. You might want to look into amazon S3....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=16427261

If data can't ever be lost it rocks and is cheap. Super redundancy. I wouldn't use it for music, but, It is perfect for customers files.

[DainBramaged]

27. I have a 60GB right next to this computer in case it fails

All of the documents, songs, and pictures I've colected over the last 3 years are on it. Plus I have 5 thumb drives from 256MB to 1gb for transporting music and pictures for work and friends.

[texanwitch]

28. Thanks everyone for your posts.

Can you run a program off a portable hard drive, like the CD that came with my new camera.