Ok, so I've been needing a new external drive. I did some searching, but couldn't find one to fit what I was looking for. I usually buy WD, but didn't like the new Smartware. Anyway, I decided to get an enclosure and build one myself.
I watched the OWC tutorials (great by the way) and don't think I'll have any problem with the installation. I got an OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Quad enclosure, and a WD Green 1.5tb. My questions are these:
1) I know all drives fail, and somebody has always lost something at the wrong time, they received it DOA, etc... But in general, is this particular drive reliable and ok for storage? I won't be running much from it, mainly storing photos, movies, etc.
2) What is the best way to format the new drive? Once I get past installing it in the enclosure and plugging that in, I'm at at a loss. Should I check for bad blocks? How so? Format with 0's?. My intent is to create 2 partitions; 1 for SuperDuper Backups, the other for storage.
FWIW, I have DiskWarrior if I would need that for anything.
Any help is sincerely appreciated.
I watched the OWC tutorials (great by the way) and don't think I'll have any problem with the installation. I got an OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Quad enclosure, and a WD Green 1.5tb. My questions are these:
1) I know all drives fail, and somebody has always lost something at the wrong time, they received it DOA, etc... But in general, is this particular drive reliable and ok for storage? I won't be running much from it, mainly storing photos, movies, etc.
2) What is the best way to format the new drive? Once I get past installing it in the enclosure and plugging that in, I'm at at a loss. Should I check for bad blocks? How so? Format with 0's?. My intent is to create 2 partitions; 1 for SuperDuper Backups, the other for storage.
FWIW, I have DiskWarrior if I would need that for anything.
Any help is sincerely appreciated.