On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 10:26 -0600, schwartz wrote:
I'm thinking of buying an external USB hard drive for my Linux desktop. I'm concerned that these USB drives might be non-generic, somehow dependent on XP/Vesta or have fixed file systems ( NTFS or FAT36 ) or just slow. Are any of the above an issue, or do they do a reasonable job.
They are not OS specific. Some of them may come pre-formatted (must USB keys do) but you can easily reformat it. Keeping that in mind, if you intend to move it between a Windows machine and a Linux machine you should stick to a file system the Windows OS understands.
I just want to use one for storage, not to run an OS on.
Best Buy has a SimpleTech 1 TB for $150.
Future Shop has Comstar One-touch 1 TB for $150.
Storage is so cheap now is ridiculous. Mind you I'd be interested to know how reliable they are.
Regards,
John Lange