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Ceratapetalum · 09-11-2006, 02:10 PM

Also, forgot to ask.............

What about the theory of pulling out the 250 Gig Slave drive and then simply putting in another 250 gig drive and filling that as a backup.

It would be like using an external drive i guess but would require me to take off the computer housing each time i needed to back up. Taking off the housing is pretty simple and quick so i dont see that as much of a problem.

Do any of you do this?

Is it a sensible approach, it sounds straight forward to me but i'd like your thoughts.

The only problem i can see if making sure the PC recognises the different hard drives each time i connect them to the Slave data cable. If i assinged a different letter to each drive then marked the drive with that letter it would seem fool proof?

What da ya think about that?

09-11-2006, 02:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ceratapetalum New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7	Also, forgot to ask............. What about the theory of pulling out the 250 Gig Slave drive and then simply putting in another 250 gig drive and filling that as a backup. It would be like using an external drive i guess but would require me to take off the computer housing each time i needed to back up. Taking off the housing is pretty simple and quick so i dont see that as much of a problem. Do any of you do this? Is it a sensible approach, it sounds straight forward to me but i'd like your thoughts. The only problem i can see if making sure the PC recognises the different hard drives each time i connect them to the Slave data cable. If i assinged a different letter to each drive then marked the drive with that letter it would seem fool proof? What da ya think about that?