Well im 0 for 1 on external hard drives. I bought a 160 GB Maxtor Basics personal storage 3200. It worked great the first time I backed up my HDD to the external using Super Duper. A week later I use it with SuperDuper to do another backup and it worked fine. I was impressed. One week later (2 weeks after purchase) the thing makes an aweful clicking noise and it will no longer backup my files. Paid about $135 for it and its going back tomorrow. Its been about 19 days since I bought it and the Office Mac receipt says 2 weeks maximum for refund on this kind of stuff....I dont care, they WILL be giving my money back. My question is:
I need a RELIABLE, BOOTABLE external hdd for my 8 month old MBP. It will be used mainly to backup my HDD so if anything were to happen, I have all my info saved and ready to be booted to a new HDD. Prolly around a 160 GB would be fine. I dont really care about price at this point, I just want something I can be happy with. I was using USB 2.0 connection and I wasn't impressed. I would like firewire so I can keep it plugged in w/o using up a port and for the faster speed. I use Super Duper so it needs to function well with that also. Let me here it people, what do I need to do? Got any suggestions? Thanks a ton!!!
I need a RELIABLE, BOOTABLE external hdd for my 8 month old MBP. It will be used mainly to backup my HDD so if anything were to happen, I have all my info saved and ready to be booted to a new HDD. Prolly around a 160 GB would be fine. I dont really care about price at this point, I just want something I can be happy with. I was using USB 2.0 connection and I wasn't impressed. I would like firewire so I can keep it plugged in w/o using up a port and for the faster speed. I use Super Duper so it needs to function well with that also. Let me here it people, what do I need to do? Got any suggestions? Thanks a ton!!!