Does anyone have an opinion on Fantom Drives?
Sincerely,
André Stark
BlackShark Films Inc.
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on of the best deals imo, especially with DataBackup for
free which I use mainly for all my major backups. IDE drives are
getting a little more hard to find but not impossible to find by a
long shot.
~Mike
On Dec 1, 9:02 am, BlackShark Films wrote:
> Does anyone have an opinion on Fanto
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Michael G.M. wrote:
> IDE drives are
> getting a little more hard to find but not impossible to find by a
> long shot.
I'm confused. Why would you even *want* to seek out an IDE/PATA drive
for use in an external enclosure? When attaching via USB or Firewire
it doe
Dec 1, 9:02 am, BlackShark Films wrote:
>> Does anyone have an opinion on Fantom Drives?
How about the following review thread from Newegg's own customers, in
which many reported quick failures of their Fantom drives?
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E1682
I have a literal pile of IDE drives which is why I've been having this
long debate with myself on when to go to SATA and
which route I take to get there. If I ever make one of my Macs a BBS
server that will be the tipping point on the countdown. I agree though
that going to SATA interface is no bet
Michael G.M. wrote:
> I have a literal pile of IDE drives which is why I've been having this
> long debate with myself on when to go to SATA and
> which route I take to get there. If I ever make one of my Macs a BBS
> server that will be the tipping point on the countdown. I agree though
> that goi
On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Michael G.M. wrote:
> I don't think the SATA drives support SMART do they?
Yes, they do. Or I suppose to be more precise I should say all the
SATA drives which I am familiar with support SMART.
On a more general note, there seems to be some confusion about the
re
Does anyone have an opinion on Fantom Drives?
I own 2 Fantom Drives. I am pleased with both.
My first Fantom was USB onlyso it was not bootable. The second
is FW and USB 2, is bootable and I use it to back up my main Mac and
also have several disc repair programs on this drive.
Both
