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Brain Hacked
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Posted : Dec 30, 2005 00:11
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Quantegy hard drives are the best no doubt at all,quite expensive but regarding audio work. |
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NikC
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Posted : Dec 30, 2005 02:00
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the daleks
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Posted : Dec 30, 2005 03:34
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anything above 7500 rpm should be sufficient. firewire is the same as IDE which is what internal drives run on, although SATA is replacing that now. havent heard too much about USB 2.0 so i would stay away from it.
the faster the drive the more tracks you can do simultaneously, but as far as brands go, I think cheaper is better, unless your really going for some high end stuff, in which case you might want to think about getting a RAID module, but that might be kind of sick...
the rest depends on how you manage it, i.e. defragging etc. there was a good idea in Future Music to make a partition, one for data, and one for projects. reformat the project partition everytime you use it, and move the files for the project you are working on to it, then when you are done, back up to the data partition and reformat. that way you will always be working on a fresh partition. kind of a pain in the ass, but you should see substantial performance improvements.
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Ronaron303
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 01:50
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hi,
btw ,if you still interesting
chek here http://www.lacie.com/products/family.htm?id=10007
Lacies( with seagate ram inside) are exelent ,take the firewire 800 if you want it fast ,
one more thing ,DONT BUY MAXTOR's crap drives they are SUCKS ,in meaning if you dont want to lose all of your data,
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Speggey
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 02:14
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uhm...
Firewire is not as fast as "ide". althought firewire 800 is near.
Both S-ata and P-ata (old standard) is IDE and there is various speed, but s-ata surely is the one to prefere if u're buying a new internal drive.
As for the maxtor drives I never owned one myself just read reviews of it.
anyway, Working with a external drive may not be the preferable choise (except the firewire 800 drives). But for storage I think any drive would do the job. (7200 rpm, 8 mb).
Otherwise, I think the brands are pretty equal. Ofcourse some are faster/more quiet/better in some ways, but not that much.
hope I helped 
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Speggey
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 02:23
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Luck, good cooling, and not overusing the drive should do it ... |
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Ronaron303
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 03:19
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On 2005-12-31 02:20, nolightatend wrote:
I have Maxtor HDD and all works fine, never lost data for 3 years i've been using it.
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Sorry dude ,i didnt mean ...,but i know atleast 3 guys ) ,who totaly fucked up with Maxtor brand ,with all their projects and all their saved data etc (i mean hard drives).One word ,its crash and i dont know why(maybe the quality is suck?  (thats what iam guess ))
Good luck with maxtor ,
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NikC
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 04:04
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hmm have also heard some bad stuff about the Maxtor drives... but also some very positive stuff.
This is all getting so complicated hehe
Don't like the idea of too much luck governing how well my files are protected... seeing as alot of vital (music) data will be stored on them.
Oh well.. I shall continue my quest
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rübe und luki
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 16:24
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You will always find people which stay away from any brand, because they have made bad experiences.. (my hate-brand is IBM, lol)
It's true that some series have significantly more troubles, than others.. But that's the same with any brand, and you'll always know too late... (or you choose to buy an older model, that has proven well.. but still...) hehe
So buy anything, don't trouble yourself too much.. But always count with a hd-crash.. All HD's gonna die sooner or later. Some do it for 10 years, some for 3-5 years, but all gonna die!! muaha 
Anyway a HD is not really an ideal medium for backups. At least not for personal usage.
Better burn some CD/DVD and keep them at a save place. But don't forget to reburn them regularly, also CD/DVD are gona die soon! hehehe
we are doomed! ;o)
best regards,
rübe & luki
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NikC
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 16:30
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Anyway a HD is not really an ideal medium for backups. At least not for personal usage.
Better burn some CD/DVD and keep them at a save place. But don't forget to reburn them regularly, also CD/DVD are gona die soon! hehehe
we are doomed! ;o)
best regards,
rübe & luki
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ganjagil
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Posted : Dec 31, 2005 17:16
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the daleks
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Posted : Jan 5, 2006 11:40
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hey Speggey i didnt say Firewire was faster than IDE, it just runs off the same bus.
as you said, it depends on the version of IDE. didnt know the details about IDE, actually thought SATA was a different format, but in that case, i think firewire 400 is the same as P-ata speeds.
anway, if you're really serious about fault tolerance, RAID is the only way to go. i think some studios even use RAID 5 for its high transfer speeds. a little expensive, but easily the best of both worlds
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micromusic
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Posted : Jan 7, 2006 04:34
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One bit of advice I got when I bought my last external HD was to NOT buy a prebuilt box, rather buy the hard drive & case seperatly.
The reason is many prebuilt enclosures are proprietary, meaning if the hd crashes or power supply goes you can't exchange the hd out for a new one or put it in your computer to check it out, or upgrade to a bigger drive.
btw, I have about 6 maxtor drives, some have been going for many years, and haven't had a problem yet (knockonwood). But it is best to look for a drive with a three/five year warrenty instead of the one year most drives have.
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the daleks
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Posted : Jan 7, 2006 08:15
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