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To: goldworldnet who wrote (96371)	4/24/2017 8:06:11 PM
From: Eric L	1 Recommendation Recommended By goldworldnet Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

Large External 3.0/2.0 USB Desktop HDDs [Western Digital] << Currently I'm waiting on a 6TB external drive. >> Hi Josh: Another 'My Book' and if so the new-gen or the former? I had not checked Amazon pricing on portable and desktop USB 3.0/2.0 external HDDs since WD released the new 8th generation reimagined 'My Passport' portables and 'My Book' desktops since December when I ordered a 3TB 'My Book' ... I was surprised to see that the price of individual drives in both the 7th gen 'My Passport' range and the older-gen 'My Book range have been jacked condiderably. The 3TB desktop I paid $89 for is now $137 (+~50% or a whopping $48) ... The new-gen 3TB 'My Book' is a bargain, however, at $85: amazon.com The new-gen 6TB 'My Book' is $144 delivered to Prime members at Amazon . [It is $180 at New Egg] The 7th-gen 1TB 'My Passport Ultra' that was under $60 last year is now $73 at Amazon when I bought mine. The 71TB 200 RPM WD Touro Ss that were under $60 when I bought mine are now $72-$80 depending on color: Message 30613727 The platinum model I paid $60 for is now $80. - Cheers, - Eric L . -

To: goldworldnet who wrote (96371)	5/7/2017 8:44:58 AM
From: PMS Witch	5 Recommendations Recommended By Eric L goldworldnet Gottfried locogringo Zen Dollar Round Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

* Note: An operating system drive copied this way, won't boot. It will. And yet it won't. Windows will boot from a bootable disk. Trouble is, simply copying the files won't make your disk bootable. However, if you configure your disk to be bootable, then copy the files, the disk will boot. If there's a hidden "Gotcha" in all of this, it's that not only does the files' data need to be copied, but the "extra" stuff too. For example: Hidden files, Files with Alternate Data Streams, Files with "Special" owners and security settings, stuff that looks like files but aren't -- like HardLinks, Junctions, Reparse Points, etc. It's for this (these) reasons most people use Disk Clone Software. By cloning, the "extra" stuff gets dealt with properly. Cheers, PW. P.S. Just a thought. . . Most file copy programs, when encountering a HardLink, will copy the original data and not the HardLink itself. If this "mistake" is made while copying an OS, the extra disk space consumed could be in the tens of Gigabytes. (Another reason to use Clone or Image software.) One can always defrag later.