WD intros SATA II and color-adjustable external harddrives

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[Learning Community Group's Research Network :: Main Page] In another announcement the firm introduced an external consumer drive that offers customizable color settings with the touch of a button. WD Extreme Lighted Combo 320 GByte External Hard Drives allows users to "select fast or slow kaleidoscope mode featuring the lights morphing across an array of colors; save color settings; turn off the drive's lights; or power off quickly and easily," the manufacturer said. The device is equipped with either a FireWire or an USB 2.0 port.

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Learning Community Group's Research Network :: WD intros SATA II ...: In another announcement the firm introduced an external consumer drive that offers customizable color settings with the touch of a button. WD Extreme Lighted Combo 320 GByte External Hard Drives allows users to "select fast or slow kaleidoscope mode featuring the lights morphing across an array of colors; save color settings; turn off the drive's lights; or power off quickly and easily," the manufacturer said. The device is equipped with either a FireWire or an USB 2.0 port.

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Antipixel | Blog | Panthered: Also, Oxford issued a statement (see my macintouch link above) that the problem is not necessarily restricted to FW800 enclosures. IMHO, if you own a FW drive of any flavor and are using Panther, you should be exercising caution when using the drive - e.g., don't start (connect) the drive before the computer's boot process has completed, always unmount (disconnect) the drive before shutting down the computer. I'm not sure that this is a valid work-around but as stated above - better to be safe than without your data.

random neuron misfires: The upgrade of the external enclosure’s drive went pretty smoothly (full details of the disassembly), and recognizing the new drive went smoothly. I proceeded to back up 3 of the servers here to the drive, including making a duplicate copy of what was on the 120gb WD onto this new 250gb drive. I made sure to verify the backups to be sure things were intact. I’ve had a LOT of bad luck with storage and computer peripherals in general, so I was taking no chances.

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Posted at May 23, 2005 02:56 PM