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I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit
into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon |
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Gordon wrote:
I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? You might consider purchasing an external docking station or hard drive enclosure which are available supporting transfer rates using esata, usb2.0, usb3.0 for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives http://www.thermaltake.com/storage.aspx http://www.thermaltake.com/products-...?id=C_00001574 |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:00:06 -0800, ".....winston"
wrote: Gordon wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? You might consider purchasing an external docking station or hard drive enclosure which are available supporting transfer rates using esata, usb2.0, usb3.0 for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives http://www.thermaltake.com/storage.aspx http://www.thermaltake.com/products-...?id=C_00001574 Thanks, Winston. I have three Dynex external hard drive cases and these work very well except that they are too large to store conveniently in my bank safe box. That is, there is little room left for anything else. I'm hoping to find something in the form of a USB flash drive that is much smaller. I need about 20 GB of storage space on any such, and I have not found any flash drives that have anywhere near this storage capacity. Gordon |
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Gordon wrote:
I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon 2.5" SSD, SATA 2.75" x .3" x 4" There is not much smaller AND practical. |
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On 2/23/2013 10:04 AM, Gordon wrote:
I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon Flash drives usb2.0 32 gig and larger at newegg.com ranging from $20 US. Corsair brand are what I use and have never had a problem with them. |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:00:06 -0800, ".....winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? You might consider purchasing an external docking station or hard drive enclosure which are available supporting transfer rates using esata, usb2.0, usb3.0 for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives http://www.thermaltake.com/storage.aspx http://www.thermaltake.com/products-...?id=C_00001574 Thanks, Winston. I have three Dynex external hard drive cases and these work very well except that they are too large to store conveniently in my bank safe box. That is, there is little room left for anything else. I'm hoping to find something in the form of a USB flash drive that is much smaller. I need about 20 GB of storage space on any such, and I have not found any flash drives that have anywhere near this storage capacity. Gordon The product(s) available on the site suggested have the option of only needing to store the 2.5 hard drive in the safe deposit box. If you can't fit a 2.5" drive wrapped in plastic in the box, then maybe a larger box is in order. g Optionally 32GB Flash drives are available. -- ......winston msft mvp consumer apps |
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Gordon wrote:
I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon Name the *amount* of storage you need, so we can suggest stuff. Do you need 32GB of storage, 1TB of storage, or what ? Also, do you have a budget ? You can find 32GB flash sticks, USB3/USB2 interface, for less than $40. And they're decently fast. I use this on my USB2 computer. This is much better than some of the truly awful Sandisk you can find (the ones that the transfer rate goes up and down like a yoyo). Sandisk should be ashamed of themselves. Lexar S73. http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/produ...5ff1032 fen02 ******* A second solution would be a 2.5" SSD. Shock resistant, so won't get hurt if it is dropped (within reason). You open the computer, and connect a SATA data and SATA power cable to it. Transfer rates are truly amazing. As an example, you can get up to 1TB of capacity, in the 2.5" form factor - for a price. Only buy the size you need, as they get cheaper if they're smaller capacities. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227797 This has roughly the same dimensions as the previous item, but is only $99. Just, don't drop it. A 2.5" hard drive. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145875 ******* If you need tiny, like "hide it in your sock" tiny, there is SD or microSD. You can use a USB card reader to load one of these. It uses a flash chip, like a USB flash does. Just takes less space. 128GB, the size of your thumbnail. $104. Many cheaper ones available. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820239407 MicroSD, you can easily lose them. This one is 64GB. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820171571 The dimensions of those, are listed here. MicroSD is 11mm x 15mm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital This is an example of a USB card reader, suitable for plugging in a SD memory product. I bought a different brand of these just yesterday, and it worked immediately as a storage device when plugged into WinXP. You plug the SD into the key, then plug the key into the computer, and you're then all set to start copying. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820283018 From a reliability perspective, buy two and make two identical copies. The 11mm x 15mm means you can hide one of the copies in the soft cushions. Paul |
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On 2/23/2013 1:51 PM, .....winston wrote:
Gordon wrote: On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:00:06 -0800, ".....winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? You might consider purchasing an external docking station or hard drive enclosure which are available supporting transfer rates using esata, usb2.0, usb3.0 for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives http://www.thermaltake.com/storage.aspx http://www.thermaltake.com/products-...?id=C_00001574 Thanks, Winston. I have three Dynex external hard drive cases and these work very well except that they are too large to store conveniently in my bank safe box. That is, there is little room left for anything else. I'm hoping to find something in the form of a USB flash drive that is much smaller. I need about 20 GB of storage space on any such, and I have not found any flash drives that have anywhere near this storage capacity. Gordon The product(s) available on the site suggested have the option of only needing to store the 2.5 hard drive in the safe deposit box. If you can't fit a 2.5" drive wrapped in plastic in the box, then maybe a larger box is in order. g Optionally 32GB Flash drives are available. I agree with Winston, those SATA hard drive docking stations (AKA Toasters) do a great job for making backups. As long as the docking station you choose specifies it can handle the 2.5 and 3.5 format you are free to grab about any bare SATA drive, make your backup, and store just the bare drive (hopefully in the anti-static envelope it came in) in your banks safe deposit box. |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:03:37 -0500, Paul wrote:
Gordon wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon Name the *amount* of storage you need, so we can suggest stuff. Do you need 32GB of storage, 1TB of storage, or what ? Also, do you have a budget ? Budget isn't a major problem, but I want to keep expenses under control, more or less. I currently need about 20 BG but this will likely increase with time. I already have three 500 GB hard drives in Dynex external drive boxes and these work well, but are too large to store conveniently in my bank safe box. Gordon You can find 32GB flash sticks, USB3/USB2 interface, for less than $40. And they're decently fast. I use this on my USB2 computer. This is much better than some of the truly awful Sandisk you can find (the ones that the transfer rate goes up and down like a yoyo). Sandisk should be ashamed of themselves. Lexar S73. http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/produ...5ff1032 fen02 ******* A second solution would be a 2.5" SSD. Shock resistant, so won't get hurt if it is dropped (within reason). You open the computer, and connect a SATA data and SATA power cable to it. Transfer rates are truly amazing. As an example, you can get up to 1TB of capacity, in the 2.5" form factor - for a price. Only buy the size you need, as they get cheaper if they're smaller capacities. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227797 This has roughly the same dimensions as the previous item, but is only $99. Just, don't drop it. A 2.5" hard drive. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822145875 ******* If you need tiny, like "hide it in your sock" tiny, there is SD or microSD. You can use a USB card reader to load one of these. It uses a flash chip, like a USB flash does. Just takes less space. 128GB, the size of your thumbnail. $104. Many cheaper ones available. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820239407 MicroSD, you can easily lose them. This one is 64GB. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820171571 The dimensions of those, are listed here. MicroSD is 11mm x 15mm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital This is an example of a USB card reader, suitable for plugging in a SD memory product. I bought a different brand of these just yesterday, and it worked immediately as a storage device when plugged into WinXP. You plug the SD into the key, then plug the key into the computer, and you're then all set to start copying. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820283018 From a reliability perspective, buy two and make two identical copies. The 11mm x 15mm means you can hide one of the copies in the soft cushions. Paul |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:33:58 -0800, Drew
wrote: On 2/23/2013 10:04 AM, Gordon wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon Flash drives usb2.0 32 gig and larger at newegg.com ranging from $20 US. Corsair brand are what I use and have never had a problem with them. Drew, this sounds like what I need. I'll check with the local Best Buy Computer store and see if they carry these. If not I will order two of them, on-line. Gordon |
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On 2/23/2013 10:04 AM, Gordon wrote:
I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon FWIW, I use the Western Digital Passport http://www.staples.com/Western-Digit...DB KXH5000ABK. It's 3.2" wide. You can keep a complete drive image plus your data, and, a bunch of other stuff. |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:31:45 -0600, GlowingBlueMist wrote:
On 2/23/2013 1:51 PM, .....winston wrote: Gordon wrote: On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 11:00:06 -0800, ".....winston" wrote: Gordon wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? You might consider purchasing an external docking station or hard drive enclosure which are available supporting transfer rates using esata, usb2.0, usb3.0 for 2.5" and 3.5" SATA hard drives http://www.thermaltake.com/storage.aspx http://www.thermaltake.com/products-...?id=C_00001574 Thanks, Winston. I have three Dynex external hard drive cases and these work very well except that they are too large to store conveniently in my bank safe box. That is, there is little room left for anything else. I'm hoping to find something in the form of a USB flash drive that is much smaller. I need about 20 GB of storage space on any such, and I have not found any flash drives that have anywhere near this storage capacity. Gordon The product(s) available on the site suggested have the option of only needing to store the 2.5 hard drive in the safe deposit box. If you can't fit a 2.5" drive wrapped in plastic in the box, then maybe a larger box is in order. g Optionally 32GB Flash drives are available. I agree with Winston, those SATA hard drive docking stations (AKA Toasters) do a great job for making backups. As long as the docking station you choose specifies it can handle the 2.5 and 3.5 format you are free to grab about any bare SATA drive, make your backup, and store just the bare drive (hopefully in the anti-static envelope it came in) in your banks safe deposit box. 1. Any docking station (or USB to SATA) adapter that can connect to a 3.5" drive can connect to a 2.5" drive. The plugs on the drives are identical. BTW, USB3 is satisfyingly faster than USB2. Bare 2.5" drives will fit into any safe-deposit box that I have ever rented. Come to think of it, so will 3.5" HDDs. 2. I just bought a 64GB thumb drive for $30. They're usually $40 and up, but that's not too bad either. 3. Or SDHC at 64GB. Here's my first hit at Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/bfoyvkl -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:03:37 -0500, Paul wrote:
Name the *amount* of storage you need, so we can suggest stuff. He did, in an earlier message in the thread. He said " I need about 20 GB of storage space on any such" -- Ken Blake |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:04:58 -0600, Gordon
wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Use an external USB2 or USB3 dock and 2.5" hard drives--same hard drives as used in notebooks or laptops. Fit 2-4 laptop drives in the same physical space of a 3.5" drive. http://www.newegg.com/Laptop-Hard-Dr...ategory/ID-380 320GB drives for $50 each = 15-16 backups at 20GB each. A 500GB is about $75 = 24-25 backups at 20GB each. Figure the dock costs $50 (one time expense) for all sizes of drives. Alternatively rent a bigger deposit box--or a second one of the same size--and solve your problem forever by keeping more stuff at the bank (for a fee, of course). |
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 12:04:58 -0600, Gordon
wrote: I'm looking for a backup storage means that is small enough to fit into my bank safe box without taking up all the available space. I have been using USB Flash Drives but the ones I have are too small to hold all my files I would like to store. I also use some hard drives in external hard drive boxes and this works very well except they are so large I don't have room for anything else in my bank safe box. Are there any other storage means that I could use for this? Gordon I got a USB 128 GB thumb drive from eBay, that's physically no bigger than most thumb drives out there. How much space do you need? As an alternative, I also got a 256 GB mSATA SSD (also from eBay) for a little over $300 that's about as big as half a credit card (but a little thicker), and an mSATA to SATA caddy ($14 or so) that can plug into a SATA-USB3 dock. Sounds complicated, but it means that I can save 256 GB on a half-credit-card format and just put that bit in the safe. It's physical size is smaller than two USB thumb drives. |
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