[Ham-Mac] External HD Recommendations

[Lon Kinley]

>Lon:  Go back to MacSales and others; Check out internal ATA - EIDE 
>(same) bare drives and ATA ( not SATA) to Firewire enclosures:  Do 
>not use a USB enclosure. they're not bootable.  Firewire only. Brew 
>your own external  bootable backup drive. 20 minute job. Set jumpers 
>to master.  Buy the proper Firewire cable - 400 or 800, depending on 
>your model iMac and enclosure. Total outlay will be close to 
>ready-made USB externals, but faster and bootable. All bare drives 
>are pre-formatted in Windows OS, therefore you must reformat  it to 
>Mac OS using disk format in utilities. Choose capacity at least the 
>same as your internal Mac drive. Re: Drive brands.  Quality varies 
>brand- to- brand  constantly. Lacie and Western Digital are not 
>recommended at this time. Seagate is average. Good, medium priced. 
>Hitachi is premium quality and pricey. A few Maxtors are available, 
>new old stock, some refurbs. Seagate bought them out, I think. 
>Contact me directly if you need more details.
>
>Dan  KC4ZXD
>
Thanks for the information.

73,

Lon - W3LK
Naugatuck, Connecticut