[Ham-Computers] External Hard Drives?

[Philip Atchley]

Hi All,

I have a collection of OTR (Old Time Radio) shows in MP3 Format  that takes 
up over 6GB of drive space, and before it's completed will probably be about 
15-20GB.  These are stored on my Main 80GB Hard drive AND on the 80GB 
back-up drive.  However, IF I should ever get a worm or virus it could wipe 
out everything on both drives and all those hours of downloads would  be 
lost.  Since it's so large I don't really consider using CDR's as a viable 
backup medium and want to buy an "outboard" hard drive that would ONLY be 
used as a "archive and backup" medium.  It would ONLY connected to the 
computer when I want to transfer data.

Is there anything 'special" I need to look for in an external drive?  I 
figure it'll use a USB interface.  Any feeling for how long can I expect it 
to take to copy, say 10GB from the main drive to the backup drive via USB? 
I suspect it'll be pretty slow and take a lot longer than from the main 
drive to the internal backup drive.

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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