A hard disk read-write head flies just millionths of inch above the disk platter during operation. A sharp blow to the drive can cause the head(s) to slap against the platter(s). Not a good thing!

Doug -

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Hi Doug: for sure. It's just that, like lucy implied, these external drives seem much more sensitive to it than others I've come across. I remember gently lifting mine a couple of inches to check the wire was in and it started whining like a baby! Whoa...

Still works though, glad to say.

Cheers - C

personally i went for an internal hd and a caddy. you can get the caddys on ebay for next to nothing, and then the drive will function like a normal hard disk.

buy a seagate or a samsung .....get the cheapest you can and buy a new USB 3.0 one when they come out. .....these things go out of date and get very small very quickly .....

usb 3 would be a good option as well. Just make sure you computer can support it or it will mean upgrading more components!

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We use the Glyph GT series here and those are great. We also have a lot of clients working with G-RAID and those seem very reliable. Storage is becoming so cheap nowadays... i remember my lacie 80gig D2 Costing me 250 bucks and i thought that was a fine deal and tons of space i probably would never use.