Looking for small, durable, external HD

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gnubler

#45
November 01, 2011, 07:24:40 PM
Quote from: NefariousDrO on November 01, 2011, 03:44:28 PMfailures, not of the drives, but the power-supply!

Ditto. I am dealing with two drives with flaky power supplies. One I bought a new enclosure for and that power supply pooped out after ten uses! No more enclosures because a new, bigger drive is almost the same price.

I took the plunge today and bought 2 externals at Best Buy. Will report details tomorrow. I may even return and buy another, the price is unbeatable. (they have a limit of 2 per person due to Thailand flooding so I'll just be a different person tomorrow)
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Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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frailer

#46
November 01, 2011, 09:04:55 PM
This should be noted. Mod takes things off-topic (a bit  :cheesy: +  :embarrassed:  ). Gnubler brings it back to topic.  :faint:
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Chilbear

#47
November 02, 2011, 08:14:32 AM
This could be the only time the Gnub has brought a topic back ON topic. Jus' sayin'. :hello:

gnubler

#48
November 02, 2011, 08:51:50 AM
Hector's whippings have straightened me up some.
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Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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DigitalCrapShoveler

#49
November 02, 2011, 08:57:35 AM
Quote from: gnubler on November 02, 2011, 08:51:50 AMHector's whippings have straightened me up some.

Ahhhh, Hector...

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gnubler

#50
November 02, 2011, 09:41:44 AM
What's the best way to clone one external drive to another? I don't think CCC will do it.
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Joe

#51
November 02, 2011, 10:00:23 AM
Why won't CCC do it? I use it for that frequently?
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David

#52
November 02, 2011, 10:09:21 AM
CCC works like a champ on Mac drives, I'ver used it on my mac at home and on several here at work. No problems yet..
I just used a Seagate product (DiscWizardSetup.en.exe) to clone a boot drive on a PC to a new drive and it worked like a champ.
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gnubler

#53
November 02, 2011, 11:58:53 AM
I'm already having issues reformatting the Seagate drive. (see attch'd error)

WTF am I doing wrong? I doubled checked on the Seagate site and that's exactly what I'm doing - erase & reformat Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I keep getting the error.
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207851&NewLang=en
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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Joe

#54
November 02, 2011, 12:06:01 PM
Quote from: gnubler on November 02, 2011, 11:58:53 AMI'm already having issues reformatting the Seagate drive. (see attch'd error)

WTF am I doing wrong? I doubled checked on the Seagate site and that's exactly what I'm doing - erase & reformat Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I keep getting the error.
http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207851&NewLang=en

If it came formatted as NTFS the mac can't write to it out of the box. You might try deleting the partition on the Mac first and then recreating it. If that doesn't work you will probably have to take it to a PC and delete the partitions and then take it back to the mac to recreate the partitions and then format it as the Mac disk.
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gnubler

#55
November 02, 2011, 12:17:04 PM
How awesome.

Off I go...
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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David

#56
November 02, 2011, 12:19:38 PM
where did I leave the easy button...
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Farabomb

#57
November 02, 2011, 01:06:14 PM
If you wanted the Mac formatted one it's $150 extra.
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gnubler

#58
November 02, 2011, 01:27:01 PM
Ya, they had that on the shelf at Best Buy. I have to snicker at the Mac doosh who would buy the same drive for a higher price.

I guess the snicker is on me because I'm still fcuking with the reformat. Rebuilt partition on Win XP, brought back to Mac and I'm still getting the error. Will tackle it again tomorrow.
Hicks • Cross • Carlin • Kinison • Parker • Stone •  Colbert • Hedberg • Stanhope • Burr

"As much as I'd like your guns I prefer your buns." - The G

Quote from: pspdfppdfx on December 06, 2012, 05:03:51 PM
So,  :drunk3: i send the job to the rip with live transparecy (v 1.7 or whatever) and it craps out with a memory error.

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David

#59
November 02, 2011, 01:40:14 PM
Quote from: Farabomb on November 02, 2011, 01:06:14 PMIf you wanted the Mac formatted one it's $150 extra.

with a $30 monthly club fee
and the annual dues of $120
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