So given this one has to ask what that means? My answer is "not much."
But let's be clear here that such is not "backup." It lacks too many items what a backup is.
Backup is:
a. Write protected media.
b. Multiple copies (on and off site.)
Having said that, hard disks in USB and firewire cases are FINE copies but fail as backup systems since they have the same foibles as your internal hard disk.
Bob
Hi Folks:
This is my first post here. I Have a Mac powerbook G-4. Does anybody have any experience with the EZQuest Monsoon hard drive? I am wanting to use this as a backup source and to provide more hard drive space. I am cosidering the 250 GB hard drive. I spoke with one person who bought this and who suddenly wasn?t able to write new data because the ?controller" (whatever that is) was bad.

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