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External Harddrive Question

jojojojo Posts: 645
edited October 2006 in Technical Stuff and Help
So I have an external hard drive and would like to use it for ripping and burning dvds but it takes SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much longer to rip and burn too and from then my reg c drive. Is there anything I can do?
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    normnorm I'm always home. I'm uncool. Posts: 31,146
    Rip to your internal drive, move to external. If your ext drive is USB, you might want to try firewire if you have a firewire port.
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    seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    cutback wrote:
    Rip to your internal drive, move to external. If your ext drive is USB, you might want to try firewire if you have a firewire port.
    +1
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
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    DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    jojo wrote:
    So I have an external hard drive and would like to use it for ripping and burning dvds but it takes SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much longer to rip and burn too and from then my reg c drive. Is there anything I can do?

    well...there are several connections you can have with an external drive:

    USB 1.1 (slow)
    Firewire (fast)
    USB2 (fast)

    http://www.usb-ware.com/firewire-vs-usb.htm

    which are you using?

    ds
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    And no one makes me close my eyes
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    mulva9mulva9 Posts: 417
    Looking into getting an external HD today. Anyone have any experience/thoughts any either of these models?

    Maxtor - OneTouch II 200GB External Hard Drive E01E200
    USB 2.0 interface; OneTouch backup; data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps; 8MB buffer; Maxtor DriveLock

    Western Digital - My Book Essential 250GB External Hard Drive WDG1U2500N
    USB 2.0 interface; compact, stackable case; quiet operation; data transfer rate up to 480 Mbps; 8MB buffer

    Both are $99.
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    SmitreSmitre Posts: 68
    mulva9 wrote:
    Looking into getting an external HD today. Anyone have any experience/thoughts any either of these models?

    Maxtor - OneTouch II 200GB External Hard Drive E01E200
    USB 2.0 interface; OneTouch backup; data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps; 8MB buffer; Maxtor DriveLock

    Western Digital - My Book Essential 250GB External Hard Drive WDG1U2500N
    USB 2.0 interface; compact, stackable case; quiet operation; data transfer rate up to 480 Mbps; 8MB buffer

    Both are $99.


    No complaints about my year old Maxtor 200gb.
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    aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I personally use a 2 1/2 inch laptop HDD in a drive enclosure. It is USB 2.0.
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    seanw1010seanw1010 Posts: 1,205
    mulva9 wrote:
    Looking into getting an external HD today. Anyone have any experience/thoughts any either of these models?

    Maxtor - OneTouch II 200GB External Hard Drive E01E200
    USB 2.0 interface; OneTouch backup; data transfer rates up to 480 Mbps; 8MB buffer; Maxtor DriveLock

    Western Digital - My Book Essential 250GB External Hard Drive WDG1U2500N
    USB 2.0 interface; compact, stackable case; quiet operation; data transfer rate up to 480 Mbps; 8MB buffer

    Both are $99.
    ive got the WD. its great
    they call them fingers, but i never see them fing. oh, there they go
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    canuckleheadcanucklehead Posts: 67
    Anything Maxtor is shit avoid it at all costs. Go with the WD they make good quality hard drives.
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    edeneden Posts: 407
    jojo wrote:
    So I have an external hard drive and would like to use it for ripping and burning dvds but it takes SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much longer to rip and burn too and from then my reg c drive. Is there anything I can do?

    You need a new framazammer :)
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    DarkStarDarkStar Posts: 734
    eden wrote:
    You need a new framazammer :)

    actually, they phased out framazammers when the microframazammers were developed some time ago. framazammers are really hard to come by now...and even if you could find one...you might as well spend the extra dough to get the latest and greatest...yes, a microframazammer.

    ds
    And no one sings me lullabyes
    And no one makes me close my eyes
    So I throw the windows wide
    And call to you across the sky....
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    brain of cbrain of c Posts: 5,213
    nerd alarm!!!
    d'oh!!!!!!

    http://www.myspace.com/brain_of_c
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