Jen Trolio's "Handy External Hard Drives" article of August 24th compares the Western Digital Passport (3.5 out of 5 stars), the Seagate ST9160821U2-RK (4.5 out of 5 stars, and the Editors' Choice award, despite having a name no one could remember), and the Maxtor One-Touch III Mini (4 out of 5 stars). While you're over on the site, you can also check out the review of the ABS Plus from CMS, which … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-25-06: Seagate Surprise
Last Friday I got an unexpected response to the FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder. In fact, this response was not just unexpected: it was unprecedented. The message was from Jay Pecheck at Seagate.“How are things going? I just read your blog as we always do here at Maxtor/Seagate and saw that you are going to upgrade to a larger external drive. I hope that you were not thinking about going out and … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 08-18-06: And in Backup News…
Last week NBC San Diego ran a short piece called “Computer Backup Tricks Revealed.” The tricks aren’t new (though I don’t think I’ve talked about the Lojack laptop-protection system here), but it’s so rare for backups to make the headlines that it’s worth going over to watch the video (you must have javascript enabled).Equally surprising is a piece in Tech Republic extolling the virtues of Windows … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 06-09-06: Passport to Backups
I’ve talked about backing up while on the road once or twice before. One of the reasons I got a 2.5-inch external hard drive instead of a less-expensive 3.5-inch drive was so it wouldn’t need its own luggage when I traveled.Last time the Ur-Guru came to visit, he just backed up his laptop by sending everything to the server back in his home office.This time he has a new laptop and a handful of … [Read more...]
FileSlinger™ Backup Reminder 04-21-06: Not-So-Stupid Drive Tricks
Now that you’ve all got your tax returns safely backed up (you do, don’t you?), we can return to something like our regularly scheduled program.Have I mentioned lately how nice it is to have USB 2.0 Hi-Speed? I just had to reboot my machine after removing the pesky Windows update KB908531 (which garnered itself the headline “On the other hand, the crashed system is very secure”), and it’s … [Read more...]
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