Daniel, Lacie is always a good way to go for external desktop drives: http://www.lacie.com/us/products/range.htm?id=10033 or for more mobile options: http://www.lacie.com/us/products/range.htm?id=10036 and for my favorite, the clearance option: http://www.lacie.com/us/products/clearance/products/?id=10007 I prefer externals with an independent power supply like their Brick but that's only a personal preference. USB powered should be just fine for what you want it for. Dave On Sep 28, 2007, at 2:32 PM, daniel turner wrote:
Utahgraphers:
Is anyone using an external hard drive to backup their photo collection?
I'm looking for recommendations in the 100 Gig range that runs from the USB port. It doesn't have to be super fast because I process on my main drive and just need a place for backup copies of things I want to keep.
I'd like to just drag and drop files and or folders between two sessions of windows explorer and then go make a snack while it does it's thing.
I'm wondering if they draw too much current to be really powered through the USB port as some advertise and is an external power source model a better idea.
Also nice to have would be either hot swapable where you just plug it in when you use it but don't have to reboot to do so. That or a leave-it-hooked-up-unit that was smart enough to power itself down when not in use or when the computer is turned off.
It's for a desk top machine so it doesn't need to be ultra portable.
DT