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humanodon  ·  3868 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you organize your audio?

Ah, so is this why moving lots of files from my Seagate all at once results in a bunch of imperfect copies? Pain in the ass for my collection of comics . . . and music, come to think of it.





kleinbl00  ·  3868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That could be it.

What sort of interfacing do you have on the computer side? I'm a big proponent of eSATA; the cards are cheap and they basically allow you to connect an external drive using the exact same protocol as an internal drive, no fuss, no muss. On the downside you need to unplug it before you disconnect it, but that's pretty minor most of the time.

humanodon  ·  3868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I honestly have no idea or how to check. I did a search earlier but I'm not sure I searched for the right thing. Is it the data interface? I'm using a Dell Inspiron of some kind, if that helps. I really should learn more about computers . . .

kleinbl00  ·  3868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Simpler question than you think. Do you plug your drives in USB? Firewire? eSATA? Thunderbolt? SCSI?

humanodon  ·  3868 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh ok. It's USB. I don't move a whole lot of files too often, I just like to put everything on the external as I've had several computers stolen and had various mishaps where my computer at the time was rendered unusable for whatever reason.

Whenever I'm able to get a new computer I think I might just get a desktop since I don't really need to bring a computer around with me (though that could change).

Anyway, thanks.