Author Topic: external hard drive (Read 1781 times)

doj · « **on:** December 31, 2005, 11:55:23 pm »

hi,,,,, thinking of buying an external hard drive. can i use it for uploading and download on winmx and leave it tured on for days or weeks without causing any problems. the one im looking at is

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1272072

any other advice would be greatful, or a differt choice would be appreciated too, please keep

doj
p.s happy new year to all

doj · « **Reply #1 on:** December 31, 2005, 11:57:15 pm »

please keep it simple,,,,,,,,,,,lol

Bearded Blunder · « **Reply #2 on:** January 01, 2006, 12:01:42 am »

WinMx will work fine sharing & downloading to an external drive, to download to it you'll have to make a target folder, Winmx doesn't like downloading to the root directory.

Also you'll have to ensure the external drive is there before starting the program, otherwise you'll see an error (obvious reasons lol).

I would recommend anyone to defragment whatever drive winmx downloads to regularly (it makes a mess), this can be a slow process on external drives, depending on the connection interface.

doj · « **Reply #3 on:** January 13, 2006, 09:31:10 am »

well just to let you know, i changed my mind on the seagate 300gb, it was hard to make a decision, one review one say one thing and another would say the complete opposite, so i went for the maxtor one touch ll ,,, 300gb ,,,,,, reviews were better,,, here,, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1112201&CatId=136
take care all,,,,,, doj ,,,

charyuop · « **Reply #4 on:** January 13, 2006, 03:08:43 pm »

I got a Seagate and it works very well for me. The only thing I raccommend is to use a connection USB 2.0, a simple USB connection is kinda slow and can get your PC frozen if you d/l and u/l from the external unit.

Author Topic: external hard drive (Read 1781 times)

charyuop