I mean, a terabyte? holy shit that's a lot of data. Since the average HD movie is a couple of gigs, that's like 500 movies....or a couple of million emails......
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One word of advice. Do not keep the external HD hooked up to the computer or the wall socket. Any virus or power surge will go to your back up and make it useless. Mine is only hooked up when I require retrieval or wish to do a backup and after a virus scan.
I also use LaCie but a smaller drive than yours.
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Not that I know anything about apple products or pricing but supposedly at apple.ca there are supposed to be black friday sales on laptops......
Might want to check it out.....
Oh. Thanks for the advice, didn't think about that. Unplugged the HD.***
One word of advice. Do not keep the external HD hooked up to the computer or the wall socket. Any virus or power surge will go to your back up and make it useless. Mine is only hooked up when I require retrieval or wish to do a backup and after a virus scan.
I also use LaCie but a smaller drive than yours.
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I was recommended to get the 1TB so that I can work Time Machine on it once I get a new Macbook. Also, the 1TB was only a few bucks more expensive than the smaller one with twice the space.
I did. Only the MacBook Pro was on sale. But with my student discount, the MacBook (with the same specs) was still significantly cheaper than the Pro.
I like the aluminum of the Pro better, but not enough to pay $300 more for it. For my needs, the Macbook is more than enough.
To add to this, its also worth the effort to get yourself a good power bar that has surge protection (ones for home entertainment systems work good too), or a battery backup surge protector if you want to get fancy.***
One word of advice. Do not keep the external HD hooked up to the computer or the wall socket. Any virus or power surge will go to your back up and make it useless. Mine is only hooked up when I require retrieval or wish to do a backup and after a virus scan.
I also use LaCie but a smaller drive than yours.
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The power surges Toughb talks about could also fry your shinny new computer too. Be safe $75 to protect $3000.
All my computer stuff is plugged into a power bar (hopefully it is a good one). Should I still unplug the external HD when the computer is turned off? By disconnecting the external HD, aren't you risking a loss of data?
OK. Questions:
I live in an old appartment, where there's only 2 power sockets in the living room where I usually work, both situated far from my desk and from most of the stuff that needs power. Re-arranging the furniture and all the stuff is not an option: the current arrangment is the best I can do to optimize the space.
So, both power sockets have dividers and extensions connected to them, with a bunch of stuff plugged on each (lamps, tv, cable box, sound system, computer, printer, external HD, modem, router, etc.).
How do I make this work? Can I do wall socket>power bar>extension>computer? Or does the extension in the middle of the power bar and the computer defies the purpose of the power bar?
If the above works, can I also do wall socket>divider>power bar>extension>computer?
Well, from what I gather you plug your computer into an extension cord and that cord goes into a splitter and then into the wall?
The surge protector would go between your computer and your extension cord or you can plug the extension cord for the computer into it. The extension cord doesn't negate the protection if that is what you're asking.
Just make sure you get one that is high enough wattage to handle everything (router, modem, computer). If it is over 1000 watts you should be fine.
The surge protector would go between your computer and your extension cord or you can plug the extension cord for the computer into it. The extension cord doesn't negate the protection if that is what you're asking.
Just make sure you get one that is high enough wattage to handle everything (router, modem, computer). If it is over 1000 watts you should be fine.
OK. So just to make sure I got it right: as long as my computer is plugged into the power surge protection bar, I'm fine, and it doesn't matter if the surge protector is plugged into an extension cord which is plugged into a splitter which is plugged in the wall socket. Do I have it right?
As long as your computer (and all other related items connected to your computer) is directly plugged into a good surge protector... it doesn't matter whether you have 200 extensions cords plugged in on the other side.
My only advice... don't go cheap on the surge protector. Get a good one.
My only advice... don't go cheap on the surge protector. Get a good one.
I'd just plug the surge protection unit to the wall socket and then all the rest of the cords/plugs to the surge protector. There's typically six sockets on a surge protector - that way everything is covered by the surge protector.
Only thing you'd have to worry about is whether the circuit can carry all the wattage.
The only problem with that is she may over do the capabilities of the power bar with things like lamps etc. It is better to just plug all the computer related stuff into the power bar.
And no, it doesn't matter if the computer is plugged into an extension cord before being plugged into the surge protector.
Looks like all is ticky boo in GenLand again. When I first saw the title of the thread, I was really worried that Gen woke up on Wednesday and her vagina had stopped working. (P.S. I 'm really glad she didn't use the "C" word.)
I was talking to a stranger (actually he wasn't strange at all) at Canada Computers and he said that LaCie doesn't make harddrives. He said only 3-4 companies (Hitachi, WD, Seagate) manufacture HD's. So, you probably have a HD manuafactured by...................
Yup. Regardless of the brand on the case/box, the actual HD is from those few companies. Sometimes the same model may have HD sourced from different companies.
You can check what company made the HD by going to My computer, right click properties then click hardware tab (if you have a PC) I have no idea how a Mac works.
I am learning HD the hard way. I bought my first HD from Maxtor when they had a very good reputation. Then they were bought out by Seagate (Free Agent?). Apparently, now Maxtor, Seagate (Free Agent) make crappy HD's. I wonder who makes the HD for LaCie?
