Some people have easy access to the case, many don't. I leave my own case half open year round. But eSata basically costs nothing, and improves the sturdiness of the system with a rear mounted bracket.
Hot swap of eSata is a whole 'nother issue. Mine usually works, despite having my SATA running in EIDE mode. Having recently evaluated both, I found Acronis lacking, and have stuck with Ghost. Ghost (originally Drive Image from Powerquest) has the best hardware compatibility and an ability to delete old backups semi-intelligently. But Acronis _is_ cheaper. But then Drive Image XL is free. On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:30 AM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not sure why it's too much trouble if it's that easy to open the case. I do > somewhat the same thing on my machine, partly because i have five internal > drives I have no desire to buy cases for all of them. I have a drive for my > music and another drive for data etc. The only issue really is that the > machine has to be shut down every time. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
