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[QUOTE]Originally posted by castor: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Camaro Kid Z/28: [qb] [QUOTE]Originally posted by castor: [qb] Personally, I run a usb/firewire HDD and use the local disk only for the OS and apps. I turn on my disk when I need to read/write files and turn it off when I just need to use the box for surfing. This way, I know all my data's safe from being hacked [safer, nothing's really "Safe] and can restore the OS without having to worry about data integrity. By the way, I have 2 of these external drives and they are mirrored. I'm just paranoid like that. Like N8 said, if you're not too tech savy and you don't have a whole lot of data, I'd format it. Otherwise, just burn the data to CD and be done with it. :patriot: [/qb][/QUOTE]so you turn off whatever hard drive you're not using? never thought of that! Is it wise to have all your pics,music,DL's etc on the slave drive and keep it off til you need it? When most system failures happen do they corrupt the OS drive? I see everyone backs up their data, is it best to run "Back-up to a different drive (ie: 'D' drive) or to a CD? [/qb][/QUOTE]Don't see it as local hard drives where you need to set up "Master/Slave" settings. It's a USB device that acts as storage and runs just like a mouse or USB keyboard. Yes, the drives I use have a switch to turn on and off. I only turn it on when I need to access the data and or save to that drive. I do this because if my system ever gets compromised, I know my data is intact and reliable since most virus' corrupt the OS and renders it useless. If this ever happens to me, my data, eg files, mp3's, pics, etc., will never be touched since it's hardly ever on so nothing can touch it. Make sense? It's kind of like a hard drive and backup system. So if my OS is useless, I can reinstall my OS and just turn my drive back on, or just connect the drive to my laptop and get the data that way. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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