Just stick with the name brands (Seagate, Maxstor, Western Digital, etc). The market is so competitive right now that quality does not vary as much as some people would lead you to believe. One thing I would recommend is to consider off site backups. This adds an extra measure of protection. If you are backing up to an external drive that is situated on your desk right next to your computer and you have a pipe burst in that room or a fire you loose your computer and your backup. If you and your girlfriend live in different places one very simple solution is to back up your data to the external drive attached to her computer and have her do her back ups to the external drive attached to your computer. This will involve setting up a VPN over the internet but that is a quick simple thing to do. Frank Ventura, MCP
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 2:25 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: [Blind-Computing] Hard Disk Recommendations for New Laptop Hi all, My girlfriend's just bought a new laptop, and I'm suggesting she gets an external hard disk so she can perform regular backups. what external hard disks do you recommend for a new laptop running Vista Home Premium? All comments and feedback will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/blind-computing@jaws-users.com/ To post to this group, send email to blind-computing@jaws-users.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
