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    Why external HDDs aren't good as backup

    Posted on Sunday, November 27 2005 @ 03:18:56 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck


    Virtual-Hideout explains why external hard drives are supplemental storage, and not backup devices.
    Thanks to the widespread adoption of IEEE1394 and USB2.0 interfaces and the current generation of inexpensive, large-capacity, fast access hard disks, many people are tempted to connect a 200 or 300 gigabyte external drive to their computers, and call it a backup.

    I'm here to tell you, it just isn't so.
    Read on over here.


     
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