Who is using backup external hard drive?

[MyJeep]

I am in need of one very soon.

If you are using one please tell me what model and who made it.

I will need at least 100gb, not more than $150, and one touch backup.
Also, it is possible that I use the same drive for 2 desktop and a laptop?

 

[Tweak]

MAXTOR Baby. All the way.

I have three diffrent computers here in my home, and ALL of them have been refited with either a master or slave HD made by Maxtor. CompUSA has some on sale (by sale I mean, not a "sale" but they have them) anywhere from 40 Gig, 30 bucks to 280 gig, 256 bucks. I use an external USB Maxtor 280 gig from my work computer. I will tell you, my work requiers a LOT of information storge and even more access to it. this thing is full and I use it everyday several times a day. I also have an external 80 gig maxtor I use for music and DVD storage on my laptop. Shop around, cause I don't have parts numbers or anything that specific, but I do know CompUSA and Office Depot both have externall one-touch HD's with great warranties.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Jeep, I use a Maxtor One Touch 100 GB external drive and I have it networked through my PC for my wife to back-up files to. I got it from Staples for $149.98. I can back-up my C drive with one button press and have used it to back-up my work laptop as well.

http://www.maxtor.com/_files/maxtor/en_us/documentation/data_sheets/ps3100_datasheet.pdf

Truthfully, couldn't be happier with it! Set-up in a jiffy and works great!

Hope this helps!

 

[MyJeep]

May I ask how is the one touch function works?

I know it come with a software, then am I able to select which files/directories I want to backup with the one touch function? I am also concerned about the one touch feature since I am going to use it on multilple desktop and laptop. Let's say if I have 2 same name folder (files in folder may not be the same) on different desktop, will it overwrite the backup files?

 

[Tweak]

One touch is just that, you simply push a button on the unit and it begins the backup process. depedning on several factors it can take a long or short time, but still only reqiers one touch.

 

[Monkey Wrench]

Yeah, there's SW that comes with it that will walk you through setting it up and the like. As for overwriting, the only way you can do that is by overwriting a file from the same PC. Each PC has a name, so if you back-up My Pictures from a PC named "Work" and My Pictures from a PC named "Home", it will know the difference and create separate directories on the external HD. Clear as mud yet? It always asks if you want to override a file before it does so, so there is a check and balance involved.

I also know you can format the external HD so that it looks like there are two separate drives. I did that with my internal HD, so I have C & D as internal drives (even though they are they same thing, physically) then my Maxtor is G.

 

[FastEddy]

I have the Maxtor one touch on every computer I have as well as one on the network (6 total) and love them.

It comes with retrospect backup software that works well. It has a great function where you can press a button and it will copy the contents of any specified folders. For the money they are great.

 

[Plaidfish]

I just keep all my files on a separate NAS......I guess that should be backed up every now and then on CD but that would require working at home...eeeewww