I am talking real hard drives.USB version are up to 500 Gig

Paul Lamar

I'm using a WD 1TB SATA drive in an Antec MX-1 external case.  The
case has
a cooling fan with under/over airflow and supports drives up to
1.5TB.  It
has USB 2.0 and eSata connections.  I'm able to move files between
Vista, XP
Pro, and Debian boxes.

Just about everyone has 1TB USB external drives
http://www.nextag.com/1tb-external-hard-drive/compare-html - what
doesn't
work?

Andy Hecker

I'll look into that one Andy. Thanks

Paul Lamar

I was going to make the same recommendation, Paul, but it looks like
Andy beat me to it!  So, I'll just add my two cents.

I also have a Western Digital 1 terabyte external hard drive. It runs
from the USB port.  I use it for daily full system backups (after the
initial backup, daily ones only take about 20-30 minutes to update only
the files that have changed) and storage of all my media files (videos,
photos, converted 8mm films, slides, etc.) and still have 700+GB free!

This is the one I have: http://tinyurl.com/ahod64

Harley

Does it work with Linux?

Paul Lamar

Not sure, Paul...but best to check with someone who has already
installed one, or from WD's website.  I found this in a quick search there:

Western Digital technical support provides jumper configuration and
physical installation support for hard drives used in systems running
the Linux/Unix operating systems.

So maybe it does.

Harley

Sounds promising. What Model number was that?

Paul Lamar

Hi Paul,

Before you buy a new drive, check the partitioning.  I have a 500 GB
USB drive I use all the time.  It may be a Windows partition, or it may
be split into more than one partition.  Make it a single exe3 partition
and it should work fine.

The one I have is a Western Digital.  p/n WD500D032-000 I think.  There
is also a 2507A on the label.

Bob W.