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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Slightly Off Center
 
2006-12-31, 13:56

External Hard Drives

The best and most reliable options for any external hard drive are the following:

FORMAT - Mac Os Extended (Journaled) which is also known as HFS+.

Most hard drives you purchase will be preformatted in a PC format such as FAT or NTFS.

It's also not a bad idea to zero the data on the drive when formatting, which will map out any bad sectors.

CONNECTON - Use FireWire. Don't use USB. FireWire is both faster and more reliable.
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