Slayem

i am Looking for a 1-2tb portable external hdd that can handle riding in the car 1 time a week. does anyone have any to recommend?

thanks!

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trexxcrap

right up your ally

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822186121


or if you need something "rugged"

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822154368

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Slayem

Thanks! wonder how they play with W7..hmm

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Slayem

i wonder if i even need to get a "Portable" EXTERNAL drive. or would a regular one work, if i am carefull when transporting? Im just wondering how fragile they realy are.

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DuckieHo

These enclosures are "portable" as in they are well protected from damage when you move them around. This does NOT mean that they are for when the hard drives in use!!!

HD do have head park and shock protection... but still constant vibrations can't be a good thing. You will probably want to build a custom mount for your hard drive to decouple it from the car's body.

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Slayem

It is only going to be transported once a week, and only a distance of less than a mile, so i am hoping i dont have to worry bout it too much.

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DuckieHo

Oh.... this isn't for a carputer? The drives will NOT be on during the drive?

If that's the case, any enclosure will do. You can pay extra for water-resistence or rubber casing if you want.

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Slayem

ohh im sorry, i wasn't verry specific was i . Yea ill just be transporting it, it will NOT be in use during the drive. Sorry for the confusion man. Thanks for the advice.

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DuckieHo

Oh... you actually don't really NEED an enclosure either.

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To answer most of your questions: (1) a fridge cannot cool a PC (2) 64-bit OS for over 3.4GB (3) If a PCIe card fits, it should work (4) Resolution, not screen size (5) If you have a question, it is not news (6) Report, not respond to Spam (7) Single-Rail/Non-Modular PSUs are not always better than Multi-Rail/Modular (8) Sequential does not matter as much as random for OS drives

Slayem

Not sure why i was under the assumption that they are SUPER fragile...

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