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Gooly
Do they have RAID cards for laptops ?
Thanks
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gooly" <gooly@xxxxxx>
To: "Omega list" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: OT: External HD recommendation
> Hi Sherril,
>
> for a non-problematic every second clone of your harddisk to a second
harddisk
> think of RAID. You only need a RAID card (~50-100$) and a secopnd HD.
> If your HD crashes - nothing happens - you can keep on going.
>
> Now you just exchange the crashed HD (some days later - for these day, of
> course a crash of the remaining HD means a desaster), restart wait a bit
> until your old HD has been coned - and that was your HD-crash.
>
> For detailed infrmations have a look at (even it is meant for SCSI &
Linux, it
> very good explained and valid for Windows and IDE HD too, just don't buy a
> SCSI-card ;-):
> http://www.uni-mainz.de/~neuffer/scsi/what_is_raid.html
>
>
>
> Am Freitag, 8. August 2003 18:27 schrieb Frank Fleisher:
> > Hello Sherrill,
> >
> > USB 2.0 is fast and reliable. I never had much luck with Firewire on
the
> > windows side, however. Actually, I think USB 2.0 is faster than
> > Firewire. So I wouldn't invest in Firewire.
> >
> > I use USB 2.0 external enclosures (from Belkin and ADS brands) that
> > will hold any 3.5" or 5" IDE device, like
> > a CDRW or harddrive. Check to see if your laptop USB actually supports
> > 2.0.
> >
> > You can use an adapter to install a 40gig laptop 2.5" HD into the
> > external enclosure, and clone your laptop. I don't know about Casper,
> > but Ghost will clone your harddrive so that you can be up and
> > running as soon as you swap the hard drives.
> >
> > Friday, August 8, 2003, 8:38:50 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > SHS> I'm in the process of setting up an external USB 2.0/Firewire drive
to
> > SHS> backup my Toshiba 40gig laptop using Casper . Would appreciate
do's,
> > SHS> don'ts, stay aways from anyone who's been dragged around this
> > SHS> particular barn yard.
> >
> > SHS> Email privately if you like.
> >
> > SHS> TIA
> >
> > SHS> Sherrill Styers
>
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