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Any durable multiamedia external HD-LaCie CaCinema rugged?

  • 13-12-2008 9:19pm
    #1
    dinneenp
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    Hi,
    I've been looking at the LaCie Lacinema rugged

    I had an iomega multiamedia hd but dropped it 2 feet and that was the end of it.

    I'm looking for a multimedia external HD (backup up PC, itunes and watching films on tv) that could survive a knock or fall. The LaCie appears to be 'padded'.

    If it's no good are there any others that are durable?

    Thanks,
    Pa
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  • #2
    Capt'n Midnight
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    you are looking for a laptop drive with an acceleration sensor this will TRY to park the head before it lands. no guarantees of course

    padding ?
    you need 2 inches around a drive to make it survivable in the post and that's when the head is already safely parked and the drive is off.

    or get a solid state drive



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Motion_Sensor
    IBM, now Lenovo, has an analogous system, the Active Protection System, found in some ThinkPads starting in 2003.

    Acer has a similar system, known as GraviSense, found in some TravelMate-series notebooks manufactured in 2006.

    HP has two equivalent systems named 3D DriveGuard and HP Mobile Data Protection System 3D.


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