Recommended external USB/Firewire hard drives

Yep, do checksums when you copy files although from all previous indications the external drive is OK when used with the PC.

 

.........but only with full backups created on the pc with ATI.............

 

So if the built in 512 becomes faulty, it's an expensive back to base repair job!!!!

 

YEPPERS

 

So this is the deal. I backed up to my external from my notebook. I validated and did a checksum. I copied the .tib file from my external to my pc and did a validation and a checksum on my pc. Everything matched and both validated.

Is it safe to say I now have a usuable recovery file for my laptop?

 

I doubt that the original 512MB of RAM is "fixed" (i.e.hard soldered) to the motherboard. It's probably plugged into a SODIMM socket elsewhere in the guts of the laptop with the RAM expansion socket under a more easily accessed removable panel. Mind you, I agree that it would be a right pain if you need to partially dismantle the thing just to swap out the original RAM module .

Regards

 

Your probably right, I do recall reading something about a SODIM socket. At any rate its not accessible for removable........by me anyway.

At any rate from all the tests I could run I now appear to have a validated full backup for restoration..........I hope!!!