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andyw
20-10-2008, 05:32 PM
following on from ppentertainments thread what harddrive do you use with you hdc, especially interested to hear from cortex 1000 users and what /if any problems have you had with them.

Jiggles
20-10-2008, 05:37 PM
Freecom Tough Drive For my D2 it required external power. I got it free when i contacted Freecom :D

ppentertainments
20-10-2008, 05:39 PM
Good topic Andy. I personally use freecom drives but only because they were the cheapest when I bought them. Have used external hard drives for years (not only for discos) and to be honest never found any to be particularly reliable - they don't seem to last long. Would be interesting to see what other members use. I know this thread is always getting done but the way technology changes I don't think it is a bad thing.

Excalibur
20-10-2008, 05:42 PM
following on from ppentertainments thread what harddrive do you use with you hdc, especially interested to hear from cortex 1000 users and what /if any problems have you had with them.

Personally, Maxtor basics 250Gb. No probs so far. Cortex apparently prefers powered drives, as it lessens the load on the unit's power supply. If you use a hub, same applies. NTFS is safer system, but FAT32 allows writing to ( and by the same token, corrupting of files) . The choice is yours.

Tom
20-10-2008, 05:52 PM
Not again. lol

Before produb I used the Freecom Touhgdrive 160gb. Perfect, simple as can be.

Daryll
20-10-2008, 05:54 PM
Western Digital 160gb.
got it from PC world , never let me down yet ( so I brought another just in case :D )

Daryll

501damian501
20-10-2008, 06:15 PM
a drive with a spin speed of 7200, also not to big for the files its going to have, why have 40gb worth of data on a 160gb harddrive. ?

Tom
20-10-2008, 06:24 PM
Hard drives are so cheap these days. I would of thought that you would have room to fit more music that you collect over the month and years.

ppentertainments
20-10-2008, 06:25 PM
Not again. lol

Before produb I used the Freecom Touhgdrive 160gb. Perfect, simple as can be.

Maybe but I have had 2 in past 18 months breaking down on me. Luckily got money back as still under guarantee. So as I said before , I know this thread is repeated a lot but the technology changes so much. Have just bought this for my son and seems to be fine and under £30.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=225665&DOY=20m10

501damian501
20-10-2008, 06:29 PM
Hard drives are so cheap these days. I would of thought that you would have room to fit more music that you collect over the month and years.

ive got more than enough space, but gigging wise, i would have a harddrive to suit the capacity of its files

CRAZY K
20-10-2008, 06:34 PM
following on from ppentertainments thread what harddrive do you use with you hdc, especially interested to hear from cortex 1000 users and what /if any problems have you had with them.

I use a Seagate 320gb drive, its getting on for 2 years old and I have never had a problem using it with the Cortex HDC 1000

CRAZY K

ppentertainments
20-10-2008, 06:36 PM
I use a Seagate 320gb drive, its getting on for 2 years old and I have never had a problem using it with the Cortex HDC 1000

CRAZY K

I read somewhere, can't remember where, that it is not reccomended to use over 80gb with a cortex. Can't think where - I must have been dreaming. I use 160gb with no probs

CRAZY K
20-10-2008, 06:37 PM
Maybe but I have had 2 in past 18 months breaking down on me. Luckily got money back as still under guarantee. So as I said before , I know this thread is repeated a lot but the technology changes so much. Have just bought this for my son and seems to be fine and under £30.

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=225665&DOY=20m10

What types and makes of HD have been breaking down???

CRAZY K

ppentertainments
20-10-2008, 06:41 PM
What types and makes of HD have been breaking down???

CRAZY K

Sorry was refering to the freecom toughdrive, quoted by Tom.
Not used for Dj'ing but used them when I had a shop to backup or to work on projecis at home.

Excalibur
20-10-2008, 07:04 PM
I read somewhere, can't remember where, that it is not reccomended to use over 80gb with a cortex. Can't think where - I must have been dreaming. I use 160gb with no probs

Hope you were dreaming! :eek: I've had mine on a 500Gb when I first started. :D

Tom
20-10-2008, 07:12 PM
ive got more than enough space, but gigging wise, i would have a harddrive to suit the capacity of its files


Well the internal 40gb hard drive inside the Denon HD2500 was 15gb to small so I decided to get a hard drive that was recomended on here so I went for the tough drive.

Vectis
21-10-2008, 08:20 AM
I've used three of the Freecom Toughdrive Pro's (160Gb) for a couple of years now without incident (well, apart from silly old me corrupting one of them). They bounce well.

Despite Callum's experience, I use mine with a d2 and a laptop without the need for external power.

Dragonfly
21-10-2008, 08:49 AM
freecom tough drives 2 of no problems at all , buying another 500 gb one this week for personal home use to free up my pc hard drive space.

501damian501
21-10-2008, 09:13 AM
upgrade your pc :D

Dragonfly
21-10-2008, 10:25 AM
upgrade your pc :D

With 13k debt only if pc world start accepting dead insects as a form of payment :D :D :D

CRAZY K
21-10-2008, 10:30 AM
I read somewhere, can't remember where, that it is not reccomended to use over 80gb with a cortex. Can't think where - I must have been dreaming. I use 160gb with no probs

Yes time to wake up now;)

CRAZY K

Dragonfly
21-10-2008, 10:33 AM
indeed imo utter plop ... i used a 400gb with no issues at all.

501damian501
21-10-2008, 10:54 AM
mains powered or usb ?

Dragonfly
21-10-2008, 11:05 AM
mains powered

501damian501
21-10-2008, 11:24 AM
that could be why it works then ? i cant see SOMEthing which draws about 25watts of power, also power up a massive hard drive on its own, it might do i dont know to be honest i havent tried it, maybe SOMEone could correct me..

soundtracker
21-10-2008, 11:29 AM
SOMEone has!

Corabar Steve
22-10-2008, 08:06 AM
Don't bother Pete I've already done that one & actually pointed out what I'd done.

I'm thinking it might be borderline text speak & therefore deleteable

501damian501
22-10-2008, 08:53 AM
that could be why it works then ? i cant see SOMEthing which draws about 25watts of power, also power up a massive hard drive on its own, it might do i dont know to be honest i havent tried it, maybe SOMEone could correct me..

whats happened to my post ?

soundtracker
22-10-2008, 09:21 AM
whats happened to my post ?

Your use of txt speak ie SUM has been corrected, in future the post will just be deleted.

501damian501
22-10-2008, 09:45 AM
Your use of txt speak ie SUM has been corrected, in future the post will just be deleted.

i did say my spelling becomes bad after acouple/afew whiskeys :D

it would of been nice to say sumthing then i would of corrected it, other then putting it into capital LETTERS :D

wensleydale
22-10-2008, 09:57 AM
i did say my spelling becomes bad after acouple/afew whiskeys :D

it would of been nice to say sumthing then i would of corrected it, other then putting it into capital LETTERS :D

you've spelt something wrong.

501damian501
22-10-2008, 10:00 AM
sorry i missed it before i posted it, now it wont let me edit it

ppentertainments
22-10-2008, 10:00 AM
you've spelt something wrong.

You on the whisky already Damien :D :D

501damian501
22-10-2008, 10:09 AM
theirs nothing better than a whiskey wake up call just 30ml singles at the moment, later shall be the 35ml doubles :D , i aint an alcoholic, i drink in moderation i swear :p

soundtracker
22-10-2008, 11:12 AM
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