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PCR wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote: PCR wrote: ...snip Those are my sentiments too. It's Colorado who first discovered the mdgx site, & it's up to him to get bloody with Terhune-- not us! Well, I'm not waiting - I'm done with it already. I did it months ago, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm through, and moving on to more pressing things - like using this new "USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure" for a perfect partition copy backup of the boot drive (including ALL the directory and file dates!), and, what a joy it is, compared to the previous, tedious, procedure, of having to manually swap in/out the backup IDE hard drive each time! I've been meaning to ask about that. Did you need to do a separate download for the USB 2.0 drivers, or did they come with the device? They came on the enclosed CD. No download needed. It was recognized by windows as new hardware, and installed pretty easily. Did it install flawlessly & well the first time? Is there any confusion with drive letters when the thing is turned on/off-- does D:\ change to E:\ for instance? What was the ultimate cost? Pretty much installed almost flawlessly (I say "almost", because I made the mistake of leaving my BIOS set to include any USB drives (along with floppies) in the boot sequence. So it tried to boot first on the enclosure drive (which I had NOT installed the drivers on!), and since I had left my backup drive with its partition set as Active in BING, that wasn't too nice. :-) My mistake. But having recognized that and fixing that problem, it went fine. Cost was around $30 for the USB 2.0 HD enclosure (enclosing the IDE drive). I leave the USB connector plugged in, but only switch the enclosure drive on (small power switch, on back of enclosure) when I want to make a backup. Nothing to connect or disconnect any more!! Oh JOY!! And most of the time my backup drive is NOT being used, so it has a pretty "unlimited" lifetime. The Vantec looks pretty elegant in its style, sitting here on my desk, and has a nice blue light (in a sleek blue case) for showing disk activity. The only thing I don't like about it is it's a tight fit getting the drive in the case, so if someone wanted to remove it and swap in/out another IDE drive, that wouldn't be too easy. I don't, so it's no biggie. |
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On Feb 16, 7:55 am, "tom" wrote:
On Feb 15, 10:40 pm, "PCR" wrote: tom wrote: | On Feb 14, 7:44 pm, "PCR" wrote:| MEB wrote: | | "tom" wrote in message | | oups.com... | || Anyone had experience with the patch from: | || | ||http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU | || | || That is: | || | || Q931836.exe | || | || Thanks! | || | || I have a number of 98 systems and I don't want to do them | || manually if I | || can avoid it. | || | | | | That happens to be an update to a TZ "fix" that was discussed in | | this forum via several threads. | | To combat, or rather address other potential aspects which may be | | related [or not] Gary Terhune MVP created [or is | | modifying/creating] a TZ file for all versions of Windows, with | | the various issues related to other areas of the world [if I | | remember correctly]. | | | |http://www.grystmill.com/articles/tz_update.htm | | Subsequently, Terhune agreed with John John in another thread that | steps (g) though (j) [below] would also have to be done after | running his .reg, but obviously not steps (a) through (h). Looks | like the one from...http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU | ...does it's own (g) through (j), though. Terhune had an objection to | that one, though, for another reason. | | Where are these conversations? I cannot find them when I search the | news groups. | | I did find one where you pointed out that (g) though (j) should be | run, but no reply from Terhune. He may be dangling over the edge of a California earthquake & held up only by by a toe in a Poodle's mouth. However, he DID shout... ... ......Quote........... Thank you. Forgot to add that info to the instructions. ......EOQ.............. ...., when John John brought up the issue. | I tested the grystmill patch without running steps (g) through (j) and | it worked. Tested on 98SE by moving the time forward and letting it | pass through 2 AM on March 11, 2007. But did you run the mdgx.com patch too? That one WILL auto-update the other Registry key from what I can determine reading the site... No, I did not run the mdgx patch. http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU ......Quote......... ALL Windows 95, 98 + ME users: at the end of installing this Unofficial DST update you MUST confirm your Time Zone selection: when you see Date/Time Properties you MUST click OK! ......EOQ............ | So, when does this (g) through (j) issue apply. I have already | applied the patch on a number of systems, I need to know if I should | do the (g) through (j) thing on all systems, some systems, or no | systems. If you update the time zone with TZEdit, you must do it. Terhune may be working on a way to have it done automatically like it seems the other site does. Until then, you must do it after running his .reg too. | | The following is required to do in the USA only... | |http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=914387 | How to configure daylight saving time for the United States in 2007 | ......Quote....... | INTRODUCTION | Because of the Energy Policy Act, daylight saving time is extended by | four weeks in 2007. This change starts on the second Sunday of March | and | ends on the first Sunday of November. | ......EOQ......... | | The time has come to follow the instructions in that article, or, | perhaps a bit more clear... | | (a) Click TZEDIT.EXE. | It opens with your time zone selected. | (b) Click the Edit button. | (c) Change the Start Day to... Second, Sunday, March. | (d) Change the Last Day to... First, Sunday, November. | (e) Click the OK button. | (f) Click the Close button. | (g) Click Start, point to Settings, point to Control Panel, | and then double-click Date/Time. | (h) Click the Time Zone tab. | (i) Select a different time zone than (the one you are set at), | and then click Apply. | (j) Click (back to the one you were set at), and then click OK. | | "Note Steps i and j are required for the new changes to take effect", | the article says, as does TZEdit's own help screen. | | Do so before March 11, 2007. If you cannot get TZEdit.exe from your | personal copy of the Resource Kit, get it from the above article as | Candlin saw or | from...ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/services/tec.../Win98/Reskit/ CONFIG/..., | as Laura Fredericks did discover, after likely 1/2 ton of clicking | (although she denies it). | | | -- | | MEB | |http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/ | | BLOG -http://peoplescounsel.spaces.live.com/PublicNoticeor the | | "real world" | |http://groups.google.com/group/the-p...=en-discussion | | group for general aspects of Law verses the Peoples' of the world | | | | "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. | | Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their | | business as if nothing had happen." Winston Churchill | | Or to put it another way: | | Morpheus can offer you the two pills; | | but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue | | one. _______________ | | -- | Thanks or Good Luck, | There may be humor in this post, and, | Naturally, you will not sue, | Should things get worse after this, | PCR | -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - BTW, I just tested Gary's patch on an ME system. I did have to do the extra steps to get it to work. |
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The data I use are exports of the XP Registry entries after applying the
update(s). Not sure if MDGX does the same or uses the data from the KB articles themselves. I suspect the latter. What I *recall* is that after applying his previous patch, the 9x sub-key names were not changed, only the newly added ones had "Standard Time" added to the name. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User "PCR" wrote in message ... Gary S. Terhune wrote: snip | Also, the MDGX patch leaves the XP/2K3 naming convention in place for | newly created sub-keys. All such have "Standard Time" added to the | name of the sub-key, whereas in 9x they do not. Example: What is | named "Pacific" in 9x is named "Pacific Standard Time" in XP. It also appears to be true of my "Eastern", that "Standard Time" isn't added to it. However, I can't quite recall that anything was added or not when I looked at the MDGX data. I do recall the zone dates were the same for me for sure. I don't still have the download to double check. | This | offends my sensibilities, even if it doesn't actually cause any | problems -- and I don't think it does. Yea. |
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Gary S. Terhune wrote:
| The data I use are exports of the XP Registry entries after applying | the update(s). Not sure if MDGX does the same or uses the data from | the KB articles themselves. I suspect the latter. What I *recall* is | that after applying his previous patch, the 9x sub-key names were not | changed, only the newly added ones had "Standard Time" added to the | name. XP keys! Well... still... I... sa, sa, say... looks like you DID properly decontaminate the one for "Eastern". I am loath to go check the rest, if even I knew how, or to compare them closely to the MDGX ones or to articles. Your write-up seemed to be very knowledgeable about the topic, & I think it is good & safe that you don't include an .inf or script with it-- although even a .reg can be deadly, I'm sure. | -- | | Gary S. Terhune | MS-MVP Shell/User | | "PCR" wrote in message | ... | Gary S. Terhune wrote: | | snip | | | Also, the MDGX patch leaves the XP/2K3 naming convention in place | | for newly created sub-keys. All such have "Standard Time" added to | | the name of the sub-key, whereas in 9x they do not. Example: What | | is named "Pacific" in 9x is named "Pacific Standard Time" in XP. | | It also appears to be true of my "Eastern", that "Standard Time" | isn't added to it. However, I can't quite recall that anything was | added or not when I looked at the MDGX data. I do recall the zone | dates were the same for me for sure. I don't still have the download | to double check. | | | This | | offends my sensibilities, even if it doesn't actually cause any | | problems -- and I don't think it does. | | Yea. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR |
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Bill in Co. wrote:
| PCR wrote: | Bill in Co. wrote: | PCR wrote: | ...snip | Those are my sentiments too. It's Colorado who first discovered the | mdgx site, & it's up to him to get bloody with Terhune-- not us! | | Well, I'm not waiting - I'm done with it already. I did it months | ago, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm through, and moving on to more | pressing things - like using this new "USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | Enclosure" for a perfect partition copy backup of the boot drive | (including ALL the directory and file dates!), and, what a joy it | is, compared to the previous, tedious, procedure, of having to | manually swap in/out the backup IDE hard drive each time! | | I've been meaning to ask about that. Did you need to do a separate | download for the USB 2.0 drivers, or did they come with the device? | | They came on the enclosed CD. No download needed. It was | recognized by windows as new hardware, and installed pretty easily. Nice. | Did it install flawlessly & well the first time? Is there any | confusion with drive letters when the thing is turned on/off-- does | D:\ change to E:\ for instance? What was the ultimate cost? | | Pretty much installed almost flawlessly (I say "almost", because I | made the mistake of leaving my BIOS set to include any USB drives | (along with floppies) in the boot sequence. So it tried to boot | first on the enclosure drive (which I had NOT installed the drivers | on!), and since I had left my backup drive with its partition set as | Active in BING, that wasn't too nice. :-) My mistake. But | having recognized that and fixing that problem, it went fine. Hmmm. My own BIOS in "Boot Order" only mentions... (a) CD-ROM Drive: Second (b) Floppy Drive A: First (c) Hard Drive C: Third So, I guess I needn't worry! Glad you survived it. | Cost was around $30 for the USB 2.0 HD enclosure (enclosing the IDE | drive). Not bad. | I leave the USB connector plugged in, but only switch the enclosure | drive on (small power switch, on back of enclosure) when I want to | make a backup. Nothing to connect or disconnect any more!! Oh JOY!! | And most of the time my backup drive is NOT being used, so it has a | pretty "unlimited" lifetime. Yea. Sounds good. | The Vantec looks pretty elegant in its style, sitting here on my | desk, and has a nice blue light (in a sleek blue case) for showing | disk activity. That proves you are overall happy with it, if you think it's beautiful. | The only thing I don't like about it is it's a tight fit getting the | drive in the case, so if someone wanted to remove it and swap in/out | another IDE drive, that wouldn't be too easy. I don't, so it's no | biggie. For others, it might be a deal breaker, though. Well, thanks for the report. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR |
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PCR wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote: PCR wrote: Bill in Co. wrote: PCR wrote: ...snip Those are my sentiments too. It's Colorado who first discovered the mdgx site, & it's up to him to get bloody with Terhune-- not us! Well, I'm not waiting - I'm done with it already. I did it months ago, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm through, and moving on to more pressing things - like using this new "USB 2.0 External Hard Drive Enclosure" for a perfect partition copy backup of the boot drive (including ALL the directory and file dates!), and, what a joy it is, compared to the previous, tedious, procedure, of having to manually swap in/out the backup IDE hard drive each time! I've been meaning to ask about that. Did you need to do a separate download for the USB 2.0 drivers, or did they come with the device? They came on the enclosed CD. No download needed. It was recognized by windows as new hardware, and installed pretty easily. Nice. I should add, you can also go to their website and download Win98SE drivers (as I just happened to look there recently), but as I said, you don't need to do that, since they are on the Vantec CD. Did it install flawlessly & well the first time? Is there any confusion with drive letters when the thing is turned on/off-- does D:\ change to E:\ for instance? What was the ultimate cost? Pretty much installed almost flawlessly (I say "almost", because I made the mistake of leaving my BIOS set to include any USB drives (along with floppies) in the boot sequence. So it tried to boot first on the enclosure drive (which I had NOT installed the drivers on!), and since I had left my backup drive with its partition set as Active in BING, that wasn't too nice. :-) My mistake. But having recognized that and fixing that problem, it went fine. Hmmm. My own BIOS in "Boot Order" only mentions... (a) CD-ROM Drive: Second (b) Floppy Drive A: First (c) Hard Drive C: Third So, I guess I needn't worry! Glad you survived it. In my BIOS bootup options there were also options like ARMD-HDD, for "ATAPI Removeable Media Drive", which presumably includes the USB external drive enclosure with the IDE drive inside. Unfortunately, I had forgotten about that, AND on top of that I had left the Active Partition flag SET on the enclosure drive, so that wasn't nice! Dumb on my part. Live and Learn. The way I have my BIOS setup now is like yours. Cost was around $30 for the USB 2.0 HD enclosure (enclosing the IDE drive). Not bad. Without shipping, that is. (Or maybe it was $35.00) I leave the USB connector plugged in, but only switch the enclosure drive on (small power switch, on back of enclosure) when I want to make a backup. Nothing to connect or disconnect any more!! Oh JOY!! And most of the time my backup drive is NOT being used, so it has a pretty "unlimited" lifetime. Yea. Sounds good. The Vantec looks pretty elegant in its style, sitting here on my desk, and has a nice blue light (in a sleek blue case) for showing disk activity. That proves you are overall happy with it, if you think it's beautiful. Not just me - if you go look at the reviews (like some on Amazon), you'll see. Here's a link that I think still works: http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar.../dp/tech-data/ B0009HMT9Y/ref=de_a_smtd/103-9574051-1259041 The only thing I don't like about it is it's a tight fit getting the drive in the case, so if someone wanted to remove it and swap in/out another IDE drive, that wouldn't be too easy. I don't, so it's no biggie. For others, it might be a deal breaker, though. Well, thanks for the report. Yes - if one were going to need to remove the enclosure drive fairly often, there would probably be better choices out there. I *do*, however, like the fact that the Vantec Nexstar 3 model uses a large aluminum heat sink for the drive inside its case, and thus does not need a fan for the enclosed hard drive (and that may be part of the reason for the tight fit). Not all USB External HD enclosure models are like this, and especially if it were an all plastic design (as some models apparently are), one would probably want a fan to cool the enclosure drive (and some other models have that). But as for the fan? Thanks, but no thanks - I like mine noiseless, and it runs cool, anyways. |
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tom wrote:
| On Feb 16, 2:49 pm, "PCR" wrote: | tom wrote: | | | On Feb 15, 10:40 pm, "PCR" wrote:| tom wrote: | | | | | | On Feb 14, 7:44 pm, "PCR" wrote:| MEB | | | wrote: | | | | | | "tom" wrote in message | | | | | | oups.com... | | | || Anyone had experience with the patch from: | | | || | | | ||http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU | | | || | | | || That is: | | | || | | | || Q931836.exe | | | || | | | || Thanks! | | | || | | | || I have a number of 98 systems and I don't want to do them | | | || manually if I | | | || can avoid it. | | | || | | | | | | | | That happens to be an update to a TZ "fix" that was | | | | discussed in this forum via several threads. | | | | To combat, or rather address other potential aspects which | | | | may be related [or not] Gary Terhune MVP created [or is | | | | modifying/creating] a TZ file for all versions of Windows, | | | | with the various issues related to other areas of the world | | | | [if I remember correctly]. | | | | | | | |http://www.grystmill.com/articles/tz_update.htm | | | | | | Subsequently, Terhune agreed with John John in another thread | | | that steps (g) though (j) [below] would also have to be done | | | after running his .reg, but obviously not steps (a) through | | | (h). Looks like the one from...http://www.mdgx.com/add.htm#TZU | | | ...does it's own (g) through (j), though. Terhune had an | | | objection to that one, though, for another reason. | | | | | | Where are these conversations? I cannot find them when I search | | | the news groups. | | | | | | I did find one where you pointed out that (g) though (j) should | | | be run, but no reply from Terhune. | | | | He may be dangling over the edge of a California earthquake & | | held up only by by a toe in a Poodle's mouth. However, he DID | | shout... | | | ... | | ......Quote........... | | Thank you. Forgot to add that info to the instructions. | | ......EOQ.............. | | ...., when John John brought up the issue. | | | | | I tested the grystmill patch without running steps (g) through | | | (j) and it worked. Tested on 98SE by moving the time forward | | | and letting it pass through 2 AM on March 11, 2007. | | | | But did you run the mdgx.com patch too? That one WILL auto-update | | the other Registry key from what I can determine reading the | | site... | | | | No, I did not run the mdgx patch. | | That's interesting! I see Terhune has stated he will test the issue. | Can you post the contents of your two keys. Here are mine for | "Eastern"... | | REGEDIT4 | | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Time | Zones\Eastern] | "Display"="(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)" | "Dlt"="Eastern Daylight Time" | "Std"="Eastern Standard Time" | "MapID"="38,39" | "TZI"=hex:2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,c4,ff,ff,ff,00,0 0,0b,00,00,00,01,00,02 | ,00,00,\ | 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,02,00,02,00,00,00 ,00,00,00,00 | | REGEDIT4 | | [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\TimeZoneInformation | ] | "ActiveTimeBias"=hex:2c,01,00,00 | "StandardName"="Eastern Standard Time" | "DaylightName"="Eastern Daylight Time" | "Bias"=hex:2c,01,00,00 | "StandardBias"=hex:00,00,00,00 | "DaylightBias"=hex:c4,ff,ff,ff | "StandardStart"=hex:00,00,0b,00,00,00,01,00,02,00, 00,00,00,00,00,00 | "DaylightStart"=hex:00,00,03,00,00,00,02,00,02,00, 00,00,00,00,00,00 | "DaylightFlag"=hex:01,00,00,00 | | Too bad I didn't think to check the second one BEFORE doing the | Date/Time Properties switch forth/back! | | Do you see how these correspond to each other? It's possible the | second has an important use other than allowing the time change to | occur on the appropriate date. I wonder too whether something else | could have done the time change for you when you pushed ahead-- | something like NistTime, for instance? Were you online when you did | it? | | I will be happy to check them, but how do I do it? I have never used | regedit or anything like | that (or I don't recall ever doing it) I am not exactly a Windows | guru. I see you also have posted that on an ME machine you did have to do the extra step. It may depend upon how you advance the date as to whether you need to do it. As you may have noticed, John John brilliantly noticed the same Time/Date Properties requestor (in Win98 at least) is used to advance the date & to select a time zone. Although it is true you did not report you used that requestor to it, nor that you switched from & back to your own zone-- IF you did use it, likely changing the date & time caused the new info to be saved too. It could also be that the old setting in that Registry key was passed too when you advanced the date, even if done in DOS-- and I guess that still would cause the switch to EST. But my other thought of NisTime or such doing it probably is very wrong! It would instead get you back to the correct time & date-- or just explode from the effort! Be careful in the Registry. Don't make any changes. But, to look at those keys... "START button, Run, RegEdit", & navigate to... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\TimeZoneInformation That is, (a) Click plus signs, beginning left of "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", & ending left of "Control". (b) Click "TimeZoneInformation" in the left pane. It should now show its data in the right pane. (c) "Registry Menu, Export Registry File" The key (& any subkeys) will write to a file of your choice-- with a ".reg" extension. (d) Scroll the left pane back up, & do the same for... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Time Zones\Eastern NOTE: The last plus sign you click is left of "Time Zones". Then, click your own zone under it, which I think may be... "Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana" Here is more to know about a ".reg" file... By default, when a ".reg" is clicked, it will Merge into the Registry. To alter the default behavior... (a) "START button, Settings, Folder Options, File Types tab". (b) Scroll to & click (highlight) "Registration Entries". (c) Click the "Edit" button. (d) Select (highlight) "Edit" in the window. (e) Click the "Set Default" button. After that, when you click a ".reg" file, it will open in Notepad for examination. To merge it into the Registry, R-Clk it & select "Merge". |
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Bill in Co. wrote:
| PCR wrote: | Bill in Co. wrote: | PCR wrote: | Bill in Co. wrote: | PCR wrote: | ...snip | Those are my sentiments too. It's Colorado who first discovered | the mdgx site, & it's up to him to get bloody with Terhune-- not | us! | | Well, I'm not waiting - I'm done with it already. I did it | months ago, and as far as I'm concerned, I'm through, and moving | on to more pressing things - like using this new "USB 2.0 | External Hard Drive Enclosure" for a perfect partition copy | backup of the boot drive (including ALL the directory and file | dates!), and, what a joy it is, compared to the previous, | tedious, procedure, of having to manually swap in/out the backup | IDE hard drive each time! | | I've been meaning to ask about that. Did you need to do a separate | download for the USB 2.0 drivers, or did they come with the device? | | They came on the enclosed CD. No download needed. It was | recognized by windows as new hardware, and installed pretty easily. | | Nice. | | I should add, you can also go to their website and download Win98SE | drivers (as I just happened to look there recently), but as I said, | you don't need to do that, since they are on the Vantec CD. | | Did it install flawlessly & well the first time? Is there any | confusion with drive letters when the thing is turned on/off-- does | D:\ change to E:\ for instance? What was the ultimate cost? | | Pretty much installed almost flawlessly (I say "almost", because I | made the mistake of leaving my BIOS set to include any USB drives | (along with floppies) in the boot sequence. So it tried to boot | first on the enclosure drive (which I had NOT installed the drivers | on!), and since I had left my backup drive with its partition set as | Active in BING, that wasn't too nice. :-) My mistake. But | having recognized that and fixing that problem, it went fine. | | Hmmm. My own BIOS in "Boot Order" only mentions... | | (a) CD-ROM Drive: Second | (b) Floppy Drive A: First | (c) Hard Drive C: Third | | So, I guess I needn't worry! Glad you survived it. | | In my BIOS bootup options there were also options like ARMD-HDD, for | "ATAPI Removeable Media Drive", which presumably includes the USB | external drive enclosure with the IDE drive inside. Unfortunately, | I had forgotten about that, AND on top of that I had left the Active | Partition flag SET on the enclosure drive, so that wasn't nice! | Dumb on my part. Live and Learn. The way I have my BIOS setup now | is like yours. I've actually seen "Hard Drive C" drop OFF my boot order screen, when I removed the hard drive & plugged it into a Maxtor/Promise Ultra 100 ATA Adapter Card. Could be, who knows, something will pop onto it, if/when I plug in a USB Enclosure with an HDD on it-- BUT the one in the Adapter sure did not! Anyhow, I wouldn't necessarily want to boot it, but would only do what you have done-- instead/in addition to of my current always connected backup HDD inside the box. | Cost was around $30 for the USB 2.0 HD enclosure (enclosing the IDE | drive). | | Not bad. | | Without shipping, that is. (Or maybe it was $35.00) Getting worse, but still acceptable. | I leave the USB connector plugged in, but only switch the enclosure | drive on (small power switch, on back of enclosure) when I want to | make a backup. Nothing to connect or disconnect any more!! Oh | JOY!! And most of the time my backup drive is NOT being used, so it | has a pretty "unlimited" lifetime. | | Yea. Sounds good. | | The Vantec looks pretty elegant in its style, sitting here on my | desk, and has a nice blue light (in a sleek blue case) for showing | disk activity. | | That proves you are overall happy with it, if you think it's | beautiful. | | Not just me - if you go look at the reviews (like some on Amazon), | you'll see. | Here's a link that I think still works: | http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar.../dp/tech-data/ | B0009HMT9Y/ref=de_a_smtd/103-9574051-1259041 That does look good all in blue, Colorado. But all my USB ports are on the floor, & I hope I never step on the thing! | The only thing I don't like about it is it's a tight fit getting the | drive in the case, so if someone wanted to remove it and swap in/out | another IDE drive, that wouldn't be too easy. I don't, so it's no | biggie. | | For others, it might be a deal breaker, though. Well, thanks for the | report. | | Yes - if one were going to need to remove the enclosure drive fairly | often, there would probably be better choices out there. I will look research the options when the time comes, BUT at least I know the Vantec likely will work-- & with BING too! | I *do*, however, like the fact that the Vantec Nexstar 3 model uses a | large aluminum heat sink for the drive inside its case, and thus does | not need a fan for the enclosed hard drive (and that may be part of | the reason for the tight fit). That's a good tradeoff, I guess. It doesn't scald your hands like Blanton's do? But maybe you're not runnong it long, too. | Not all USB External HD enclosure models are like this, and | especially if it were an all plastic design (as some models | apparently are), one would probably want a fan to cool the enclosure | drive (and some other models have that). But as for the fan? | Thanks, but no thanks - I like mine noiseless, and it runs cool, | anyways. That sounds reasonable to me, & I'll keep it in mind for sure. Thanks. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, Should things get worse after this, PCR |
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| PCR wrote: You didn't answer... | Is there any | confusion with drive letters when the thing is turned on/off-- does | D:\ change to E:\ for instance? I'm thinking strange things could happen to drive letters doing as you do, by the rules of... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=51978 Order in Which MS-DOS and Windows Assign Drive Letters |
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PCR wrote:
Bill in Co. wrote: PCR wrote: You didn't answer... Is there any confusion with drive letters when the thing is turned on/off-- does D:\ change to E:\ for instance? I'm thinking strange things could happen to drive letters doing as you do, by the rules of... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=51978 Order in Which MS-DOS and Windows Assign Drive Letters When the USB drive is off, as it normally is, I have my normal two internal hard drives (each having 2 partitions) show up as C:, D:, and E:, F:. When the USB external HD is turned ON, I get an additional G: and H:., (just as expected). So the internal IDE drives get enumerated first, followed by the ATAPI interface one (my USB one), which I believe is standard procedure. Incidentally, I've previously made my CD/DVD combo drive to be configured as K:, and my ZIP drive as Z:, to avoid some of the confusion with changing drive letters that would otherwise occur. |
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