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Portable drive advice
We are going to be shipping large number of files back an forth by way of Fedex, so was looking for a tough, very reliable portable (bus powered) hard drive. Looking at Glyph Portagig 50 and Rocstor products. Any recommendations for a drive to ship back and forth?
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bubble wrap.
Any drive – even a bare drive with no case – will survive a FedEx small box, as long as you bubble wrap it.Bob Zelin
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(My comment below Bob`s).
Re: Portable drive advice
by Bob Zelin on Mar 21, 2012 at 7:47:01 pmbubble wrap.
Any drive – even a bare drive with no case – will survive a FedEx small box, as long as you bubble wrap it.Bob Zelin
-but first wrap the hard drive in aluminum foil to prevent static electricity generation. Fred Jodry -
If you are planning on shipping a bare drive you should think about getting a protective “anti-static” case and wrapping that in bubble wrap. The case will run you an extra $10 but worth the price if do not want the added risk.
https://www.dinodirect.com/hard-drive-protective-carrying-case-anti-static.html
A good anti-static bag wrapped in bubble wrap would also do the trick.
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You could also consider using an ordinary 2.5 FW800 or USB 3 external drive and put it into a Lacy Tank
https://gizmodo.com/lacie-tank/
I have a few and would have no issues transporting Data in one.. assuming you have a back up.
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