Internal backup drive.

[aimeeandbeatles]

I was thinking, since my portable hard drive is out of room (too many videos) and DVDs are awkward, that an internal backup drive may work.

Anyone else try it? Main thing that it'd be good for is both the speed (even USB 2.0 is slow when copying big files) and always having an up-to-date copy (if it's one of those things that automatically syncs). Obviously not all my folders, mainly my user folder and a couple savegames.

Compared to external drive, any good? Also, if I got an external casing, it could be a multifunction backup drive.

My main HDD is 500 gigs, but only about 160 gigs are used. How big would a good one be? Maybe 100-150, as a lot of those are programs and system files

Also, the thing about externals is that its really, really slow. I have two USB ports. I was thinking, wouldn't it also be neat if there was a cable that hooked up one drive to two ports to speed it up? Or does it already exist? And how would the computer know its one drive and not two? Hmmm.....

To anyone who reads this, sorry for going on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on

 

[Cutlass]

Internal hard drives are relatively cheap. Get another 250 gig or larger.

 

[Genocidicbunny]

if you want a faster external HDD, get a ESATA card and an ESATA external drive. You can also get a larger HDD and stick it into your external enclosure (What did you think was in your external drive, something magical?)

Or seriously, just get another drive. 640GB HDD's go for 55USD, if you're lucky you can find a 1TB for 65USD.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Well, except that I can't open up the external. There's no screws or anything that I can see, just sollid case. Its also very tiny and probably hard to find a drive that fit

 

[Genocidicbunny]

Its a 2.5" external then thats on friction clips. Those are quite easy to open up. You put a thin screwdriver or blade in, push the clips open and off come the two halves.

Cheaper to just buy a 3.5" external though, 2.5" drives are more expensive per GB.