external hdd usb storage - reccomendations?

[Russ Crowe]

For...

Regular file backup
Ideally not backing up to one (proprietary) archive file i.e preserving file
and folder structure
Bonus to be bootable in case of disaster
USB2
Win 98SE at present

looking at perhaps...

LaCie 300878
Western Digital Media Centre
Maxtor One Touch
Seagate 3160024
EZ2 Disk - this one is bootable supposedly

Any experiences to share?

TIA Chris.

 

[JAD]

They are all like each other AFA USB2.0 interfaces go. I think that
the bootable 'FEATURE' would depend on the Mainboards boot features
and not what the drive does. I guess if it emulated 'a' like a
bootable CD...hmm pondering that IT still depends if the board has
boot from USB device option I would think. I have not seen this yet.
Maybe the new Nfarse boards?

 

[Edward W. Thompson]

They are all like each other AFA USB2.0 interfaces go. I think that
the bootable 'FEATURE' would depend on the Mainboards boot features
and not what the drive does. I guess if it emulated 'a' like a
bootable CD...hmm pondering that IT still depends if the board has
boot from USB device option I would think. I have not seen this yet.
Maybe the new Nfarse boards?

Most recent motherboards allow booting from USB-HDD. With regrads to
booting, you are correct, booting from a USB-HDD is a motherboard
function not a function of the drive/enclosure