Digital BW, The Print

Kip Babington wrote:

>This is a very troubling comment. I just added and external firewire 
>drive to archive my digital photos (I'd filled up all my USB ports and 
>thought it might be a good idea to have some diversity in my hardware 
>configuration.) Is there some particular activity that triggers the 
>corruption, or just ordinary use? The drive I'm using is actually a 
>2-way model, that has both firewire and USB2 connectors, and I suppose I 
>could add another USB card to the computer if that would provide better 
>reliability. Any idea what causes the failure?
>
>Cheers,
>Kip
>
>John Moody wrote:
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>
I've used fire wire externals with Win XP for three years without a
problem. It could be the interface card rather than the drive itself.
Could also be the ide translator in the drive enclosure. I saw, can't
recall just where, that it is important to keep the firmware of the
translator up to date. I think that comment was in relation to the
Oxford chip set. On the other hand, USB 2 max speed is marginally faster
than Firewire, as I recall, 400 vs 480. I haven't tried a firewire 800
on a PC or an external SATA but those should really fly.

I guess the bottom line is that there is more to the question than just
the drive itself.

Roger

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