[Ham-Mac] External HD Recommendations

[Dick Kriss]

Mike KC5VG,

I don't understand why you cannot boot from a Western Digital
book if (big if) you backed up using SuperDuper of Carbon Copy
Cloner.  Please clarify how you did the backup....that may explain
why you cannot boot.

Dick AA5VU


On 4/15/08 12:43 PM, "R M Greenwood" <rmikegreenwood at mac.com> wrote:

> Be careful of the Western Digital "book look".  I have one and it is
> not Mac bootable.  I learned the hard way.  I  now have the drive
> itself mounted in another enclosure that has the chipset need to be
> Mac bootable.  This is probably less of a problem if you are using
> Time Machine with Leopard.
> 
> Mike, KC4VG
> Des Moines, Iowa
> 
> On Apr 15, 2008, at 12:31 PM, Lon Kinley wrote:
> 
>> I'm in the market for an external drive for my 24" iMac. I have
>> prowled MacMall and MacSales and a couple of others, but can't come
>> to a decision. The WD "book look", the line from MacSales and the
>> Mac Mini form factor drives from MacSales all look interesting.
>> 
>> What do you recommend (specific brand) and what do you suggest to
>> run away from? I have already returned two LaCie 500g drives because
>> they sound like thrashing machines.
>> 
>> Thanks for your input.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Lon - W3LK
>> Naugatuck, Connecticut
>> 
>> 
>> 
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