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Best Coolpix for HD and low light too?
"John Turco" wrote in message
... Peter wrote: "John Turco" wrote in message ... Peter wrote: "John Turco" wrote in message ... heavily edited for brevity I'm aiming for a 1TB eSATA drive, in the near future. eBay is the place, to find bargains on such an item; I should be able to get one, at about $100 USD or so. Heck that's expensive. Look at Microcenter. I have been dealing with them for years and have found them to always be reliable. they may not always have the lowest prices, but dealing with them has worked for me. Besides, I live about 15 min from one of their brick & mortar stores. Also, check B&H, they are also reliable. I want something reliable, though...which may not be the cheapest device, available. I agree. I try the lowest price is not cheap enough if the quality is lacking. You could get an ordinary SATA drive for whatever the best price for you drive is. Enclosures run about $30. Just Google and you'll find some reasonable prices. deleted extraneous quoted text I think I've settled on an Acomdata "PDHD1000UFSE" 1TB drive, which has eSATA, USB and FireWire interfaces! As an added benefit, it contains a Samsung 7200 HDD (according to my Google research). An eBay seller currently has a "Buy It Now" price of $105.69 USD (+ $3.99 shipping), but...I can't afford it, at the moment. If/when I ever purchase a PDHD1000UFSE, I'll post back. Smart decision. Most likely the price will drop in a short time and some other model will come along. Meanwhile even though that drive suits your needs, it's always good idea not to buy what the budget won't allow. -- Peter |
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Best Coolpix for HD and low light too?
"John Turco" wrote in message
... Peter wrote: "John Turco" wrote in message ... Peter wrote: "John Turco" wrote in message ... Peter wrote: "John Turco" wrote in message ... heavily edited for brevity I'm aiming for a 1TB eSATA drive, in the near future. eBay is the place, to find bargains on such an item; I should be able to get one, at about $100 USD or so. Heck that's expensive. Look at Microcenter. I have been dealing with them for years and have found them to always be reliable. they may not always have the lowest prices, but dealing with them has worked for me. Besides, I live about 15 min from one of their brick & mortar stores. Also, check B&H, they are also reliable. I want something reliable, though...which may not be the cheapest device, available. I agree. I try the lowest price is not cheap enough if the quality is lacking. You could get an ordinary SATA drive for whatever the best price for you drive is. Enclosures run about $30. Just Google and you'll find some reasonable prices. deleted extraneous quoted text I think I've settled on an Acomdata "PDHD1000UFSE" 1TB drive, which has eSATA, USB and FireWire interfaces! As an added benefit, it contains a Samsung 7200 HDD (according to my Google research). An eBay seller currently has a "Buy It Now" price of $105.69 USD (+ $3.99 shipping), but...I can't afford it, at the moment. If/when I ever purchase a PDHD1000UFSE, I'll post back. Smart decision. Most likely the price will drop in a short time and some other model will come along. Meanwhile even though that drive suits your needs, it's always good idea not to buy what the budget won't allow. Okay, on September 7, 2010, I bought a PDHD1000UFSE, from a different eBay seller (an individual). "Buy It Now" $71.99 USD + $15.17 shipping = $87.16 final cost. (It arrived, on Sept. 14, '10.) My Acomdata "PureDrive" was an open-box item, in a somewhat ratty retail package. All else was factory-sealed and in perfect condition, with the minor exception of the printed "QuickStart Guide" booklet. Alas, neither my home-made desktop computer (Windows XP "Home" SP3), nor my eMachines "E725-4520" notebook PC (Windows 7 "Home Premium" 64-bit), would assign the AcomData a drive letter! Much "Googling" followed, till I found the required info (on Seagate http://seagate.com, of all places). Seagate - Troubleshooting GPT Protective Partition Issues [207837] http://seagate.custkb.com/seagate/crm/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=207837 Excerpt: "What is a GPT disk? "The GUID Partition Table (GPT) was introduced as part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) initiative. GPT provides a more flexible mechanism for partitioning disks than the older Master Boot Record (MBR) partitioning scheme that has been common to PCs. "A partition is a contiguous space of storage on a physical or logical disk that functions as though it were a physically separate disk. Partitions are visible to the system firmware and the installed operating systems. Access to a partition is controlled by the system firmware before the system boots the operating system, and then by the operating system after it starts. "The GUID Partition Table (GPT) Scheme was implemented under Microsoft Windows XP x64 edition, Windows Server 2003 (64-bit), Windows Server 2003 SP1 (all versions), Windows Vista, and the upcoming Windows Server codename Longhorn operating systems. "In a nutshell GPT Partition was developed to get around known, MBR partition size issues; the maximum size for a MBR partiton is 2 Terabytes (TB). GPT partitions enable this limit to be exceeded. "Note: For more comprehensive information on GPT Protective Partitions, refer to the following Microsoft Link: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device...e/GPT_FAQ.mspx "GUID Partition Table (GPT) partitions are also found in Mac OS X versions 10.4.6 and newer. All Intel-Based Macs require a GPT partition on a boot volume, whether it be internal or external. "Problem: When connecting an internal and/or and external hard drive to a Windows XP (or newer), 32-bit Operating System, the drive is inaccessible and Disk Management reports that the drive has a GPT Protective Partition on it. The drive cannot be repartitioned and formatted in this state. "Cause: The internal or external hard disk was previously prepared on either a Windows or Macintosh computer with a GPT partition. "Solution: Normal Disk Management facilities will not overcome this issue. To prepare this drive, you will need to use the Windows diskpart command-line utility. The following procedure provides the steps for cleaning a GPT Protective Partition from a hard disk drive connected to an existing Windows XP (or newer), 32-bit Operating System." Thus, I heeded Seagate's ensuing instructions. By right-clicking on the "My Computer" icon and selecting "Manage" from the pop-up menu, I launched the "Disk Management" window. There, I saw that the PureDrive was listed, as the accursed "GPT Protective Partition" type. Running "diskpart.exe," I was able to delete the offending GPT partition. Then, within "Disk Management," I partitioned and formatted the AcomData, in NTFS (and formatting such a huge drive, took several hours, as I'd decided against doing a "quick format"). Well, I tell you, I'd been on the verge of slitting my wrists! Getting everything working properly, was a major relief. (I was fairly confident that the PureDrive wasn't defective.) Glad you got things working for you, within your budget. If you slit your wrists we wouldn't have easy access to Marie's fantasy images. -- Peter |
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