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Hey mang..
I have a WDC 160 gig USB i'm using as a backup.. Been using it for a long while now.. Hasn't even messed up on me.. I think shutting it on and off though could be just as hard as letting it idle. Those hard drive fans are supposed to add a lot of life to your internal IDEs also.. Or so I've heard. If you can't afford the USB package you can opt for the enclosure.. You get the standard IDE and hook it up inside an encluse.. Basically just an IDE to USB adapter with an external power source. I have a stripped down version of that.. Basically all it is, is a raw IDE to USB connector and an external power 4 pin power supply. It leaves the hard drive bare but I was just using it to transfer ps2 games onto the hard drive. It works pretty well too.. Transfer times are pretty good. Don't really notice a difference with mine.. Good luck brotha.
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