Computers and Related Hardware/Software

[krim]

Today's Fry's Ad...

Maxtor 200gb UDMA/133 for $59 no rebate.

[boris]

Lol, a terabyte, that'll be a nightmare to backup. I'm already getting lazy to sort and burn data from my 300GB HDD . Hopefuly the blue ray discs will be available soon.
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[Terryb]

bmwracer wrote:

Wowie...! Man, that thing must take a day just to format...

formatting will be fast....compared to DEFRAGGING the damn thing

[littlemissfab]

I saw a 1TB at Frys for like 750....

a bitch to format.. wait.. do you really have to format an HD first before to use it? UPS says I should be getting my 500gb tomorrow..

[bmwracer]

littlemissfab wrote:

wait.. do you really have to format an HD first before to use it?

Only if you want it to work.

*cloaking device enabled*

[krim]

doing a quick format on my G4 took less than 5 minutes on my 200gb seagate...

it's not like you do a low level format the first time... right?

[bmwracer]

krim wrote:

it's not like you do a low level format the first time... right?

I know that when setting up a new system, the format takes decades... Adding a new HD to an existing system takes less time if I recall.

It's been a while.

[krim]

i think Winblowz does a zero-data format for the install if it isn't already formatted. I've only done it twice.

[littlemissfab]

Well, I used my HD straight out of the box the last time and it's been working fine. So I kinda figured, it was already formatted before I recieved it.



which brings me to the confusion of whether to format the external hd that i just ordered.

[Terryb]

It's always safer to format before usage

[krim]

you shouldn't need to, most drives are M$ formatted.

[littlemissfab]

I am getting mixed reactions here. so.. I shouldn't reformat it... Right?

[bmwracer]

littlemissfab wrote:

I am getting mixed reactions here. so.. I shouldn't reformat it... Right?

If it works right out of the box, then you don't have to, else........

[littlemissfab]

BAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

hey.. seriously.. how is it?? me scared.. 500gb is big enough for me to screw up...

i have another question too. why do you need back upping when you are using the HD as THE back up?

[krim]

littlemissfab wrote:

I am getting mixed reactions here. so.. I shouldn't reformat it... Right?

Simple answer: It's optional.

[littlemissfab]

i don't need optional.. i need "preferrably"

@ krim

[bmwracer]

littlemissfab wrote:

i have another question too. why do you need back upping when you are using the HD as THE back up?

You want redundancy with all of your important data.

If your HD or some other semi-volatile storage device tanks, what do you do?

[littlemissfab]

i hate the fact that i still have to burn shit on a cd. one of the reasons why i purchase a ginormous storage space like the 500gb hd is to avoid burning cds... adversely affecting the death of many kitties around the world, because apparently, when you burn a cd, a kitten is killed.. by domo-kun at least..

[bmwracer]

littlemissfab wrote:

i hate the fact that i still have to burn shit on a cd. one of the reasons why i purchase a ginormous storage space like the 500gb hd is to avoid burning cds... adversely affecting the death of many kitties around the world, because apparently, when you burn a cd, a kitten is killed.. by domo-kun at least.. [/img]

Use DVDs instead...

1 DVD ~ 6 CDs... That'll cut down the burning by quite a bit.

[littlemissfab]

bmwracer wrote:

Use DVDs instead... 1 DVD ~ 6 CDs... That'll cut down the burning by quite a bit.

but what about domo-kun?