[X4U] Ext Hard Drive

[Jim Warthman]

On Jan 9, 2014, at 6:19 PM, Zane Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:

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> On Jan 9, 2014, at 3:36 PM, Grappone Al <algrappone at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> I want to install (back up) estimated 10,000 photos. I have used WD in the past and lately the list did not give them good views. I have had no problems. This would be something I could give the children and they could download their favorite ones.
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>> Recommend?
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> A fellow photographer just went through a nightmare with the Western Digital External drives.  It seems that they have an encryption board in them that is prone to dying.  So you're left with a perfectly good hard drive that you can't read.
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> My recommendation is the same as it's always been.  Buy a bare case, and a bare drive.  Put the drive in the case and use it.
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> BTW, 10,000 is nothing.  I took over 43,000 last year. :-)
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> Zane

I had a similar experience as Zane. Using a data recovery service, I was actually able to recover the photos on the drive. This was both very expensive and very time consuming - and I will avoid WD drives simply based on this horrible experience.

By the way, Zane, great photographs!!

Enjoy,

Jim