External Hard Drive

[CRAZY K]

Maplins have a 1 TB Seagate in at the moment on special @
£59.99. Ive bought a couple and they seem ok for a cheapo product.
The Psu is a box with slide on pin adaptors but at least its a 2 Wire (NO EARTH) power supply so it doesnt cause any buzzing or digital noise.
I personally dont like the "NEW" Connector used for the USB but theyre all going that way now
Cheers

Order Code: A51JK

data sheet
http://www.maplin.co.uk/media/pdfs/A51JK-Datasheet.pdf

You say cheapo BUT I have had my pair of Seagate 320gb HDs to run with the Cortex for nearly 4 years and not had any problems ---other than self inflicted.

[Tony Scott]

I wouldn't go near an external hard drive now after having 3 die on me in as many months. I now use USB flash drives, I have a couple of powered 10 port USB hubs with loads of 16gb flash drives... totally reliable, solid state and expandable.

[Excalibur]

I wouldn't go near an external hard drive now after having 3 die on me in as many months. I now use USB flash drives, I have a couple of powered 10 port USB hubs with loads of 16gb flash drives... totally reliable, solid state and expandable.

Hmmmm, fate tempting mode here, but my experiences don't tally with that. One 300Gb drive per player, and a couple of sticks.

Perhaps you're shaking the drives to bits with the vibrations from the PA?

[Tony Scott]

Perhaps you're shaking the drives to bits with the vibrations from the PA?

... you could have a point there Peter

[CRAZY K]

I wouldn't go near an external hard drive now after having 3 die on me in as many months. I now use USB flash drives, I have a couple of powered 10 port USB hubs with loads of 16gb flash drives... totally reliable, solid state and expandable.

What makes Tony?

Nearly 4 years no problems with Seagates

I understand the idea of no moving parts reduces breakdowns--how many sticks do you use.

Whats the approx outlay overall roughly for the powered hubs including the back up one and all the sticks including backup?

[Tony Scott]

What makes Tony?

Nearly 4 years no problems with Seagates

2X Seagate Freeagents and a Maxtor...

I understand the idea of no moving parts reduces breakdowns--how many sticks do you use.

Whats the approx outlay overall roughly for the powered hubs including the back up one and all the sticks including backup?

The thing I like about doing it this way is that as I get close to filling up a flash drive I just spend £15 and get a new one...

I've currently got eight 16gb and six 4gb sticks at about £15 each (£200): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sandisk-Cruzer...a#ht_500wt_949

The hubs are £15 each:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-Ports-480MB...#ht_4017wt_962

[DAVESOUNDS SERVICES]

2X Seagate Freeagents and a Maxtor...



The thing I like about doing it this way is that as I get close to filling up a flash drive I just spend £15 and get a new one...

I've currently got eight 16gb and six 4gb sticks at about £15 each (£200): http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sandisk-Cruzer...a#ht_500wt_949

The hubs are £15 each:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-Ports-480MB...#ht_4017wt_962

Thanks for the links!
I find this approach interesting,
I started on Laptop in 2000 and im on HDD 7.
2 outgrown
2 squealed for 4 months then seized up
1 just died
1 some idiot (er me actually) plugged the laptop 20 volt supply into it and out came the smoke!!! so im looking for a greener more reliable option.
Many thanks
could we see a pic of the set up
is searching fast?

cheers

PS hard drives hate BASS so best keep them away from bass bins and loudpeakers.

[CRAZY K]

Thanks for the links!
I find this approach interesting,
I started on Laptop in 2000 and im on HDD 7.
2 outgrown
2 squealed for 4 months then seized up
1 just died
1 some idiot (er me actually) plugged the laptop 20 volt supply into it and out came the smoke!!! so im looking for a greener more reliable option.
Many thanks
could we see a pic of the set up
is searching fast?

cheers

PS hard drives hate BASS so best keep them away from bass bins and loudpeakers.

This is interesting, outgrown Hard Drive--must be a small HD or a large collection

Seizing Hard Drives

Yikes

Yes we have all plugged the wrong power packs in Dave--HD into Cortex and reverse--I have got away with that so far--no frying tonight or smoke signals.

The memory sticks seem a good Insurance, what we need is a solid state memory stick/ flash drive of about 200gb --

[Jiggles]

The memory sticks seem a good Insurance, what we need is a solid state memory stick/ flash drive of about 200gb --

They are just as bad as hard drives in my experience! You can leave them come back and they have magically corrupted them selves. This is after doing the safe eject. I have a flash drive just now that M$ will only format/ see it as 200mb and my mac sees it as its 4GB!

[Corabar Entertainment]

SSDs are coming down in price... OK, not huge capacity, but I've seen a couple sub-£100 now. It won't be too long before they are a serious, viable option.