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Hard Drives
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: May 31, 2016, 3:00 pm
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So for the past... however long... I've been using WD MyBook
external hard drives. I like 'em, but they filled up. Both 4
TB models. So I was looking for an 8TB model, but the MyBook
versions are these huge bloody boxes that are just RAIDs of two
4TB drives put together. And over 300 bucks. Meanwhile, the
Seagate 8TB "Personal Cloud" is a sleek, discrete box for much
less, so I bought that.
But ho ho ho, I had NO idea how LONG it would be to transfer 4
TB of data. First, I can't just group them all and drag and
drop, because the bloody computer starts freezing up after half
a day or so, so I have to do the transfers piecemeal. Are you
kidding? And second, there's the file system. Look, I lay out
my windows and folders in a specific way that's easy to use and
pleasing to the eye, I take a lot of pride in that. I've
customized my own interface over the years and I like it. This
stupid thing resets everything into alphabetical order and
uniform window size every time I plug it in. Every time.
That's so aggravating.
#Post#: 38159--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hard Drives
DIR By: Mac
Date: May 31, 2016, 5:13 pm
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Why can't things remain simple?
#Post#: 38160--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hard Drives
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: May 31, 2016, 6:07 pm
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I suppose if I was better at combing through mys tuff I wouldn't
have to upgrade to the edges (or be able to make do with a 6 TB
drive), but I'm a digital packrat.
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Re: Hard Drives
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: May 31, 2016, 6:20 pm
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Okay, I found an 8 TB MyBook... I think I'll get that, and use
this "Personal Cloud" for my long-term storage. I'll see if I
can find it in a shop rather than send out for it, I'd like to
not do that if I can avoid it.
I should also look into getting a USB 3.0 hub since I don't know
how old/what standard my TARDIS hub is, and the wire is starting
to fray. It's probably time for an upgrade.
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Re: Hard Drives
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: June 8, 2016, 9:36 pm
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All right, but my 8 TB MyBook, no fuss no muss. I plug it in,
and it's on, it shows right up on my screen (the other one takes
at least ten minutes to do this). I eject and replug,
everything's in the same place it was last time. Success!
Except now... where's all my icon art? All my folders have icon
art so I know what's in there and so browsing 15 years worth of
files is easy on the eyes. But there aren't any showing up!
Ack! It's always something.
#Post#: 38283--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hard Drives
DIR By: Mac
Date: June 8, 2016, 9:49 pm
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A forum exist to figure it out?
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Re: Hard Drives
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: June 8, 2016, 10:11 pm
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I think it's just another symptom of the crappy Seagate thing.
250 bucks down the drain, I guess. Maybe I can return it but I
gotta go empty it and clear it out and shit, I dunno.
#Post#: 38285--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hard Drives
DIR By: Neumatic
Date: June 9, 2016, 12:29 am
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Wow, transfers that took a few evenings on my Seagate are
zipping by on my WD. It's like going from a Yugo to a... well,
I don't know nice cars, but a nice car. I don't know why I ever
thought to change brands. I honestly don't even know if I'll
keep the Seagate, it just seems so backwards and broken by
comparison. I might keep it for emergencies, but after this
file juggling, I don't think I'll keep it hooked up. Just don't
see the point.
I might keep my two fours going until I can justify buying
another 8 TB, though... I gotta figure out the best way to do
that, in terms of organizing space on my shelf and messing about
with all the bloody wires.
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