Which external hardrive?

Well, it seems that I've got one of the 1st gen. iMacs with the faulty capacitors or video ram problem and I'm going to go get an external hardrive to back my stuff up before the machine gets shipped off for repairs...I've read that people have had problems with LaCie compatibility...any recomendations for a good (cheap) external hardrive?
Thanks again, D.

I imagine that it's OK. However, check with one of LaCie's technicians. I have writen e-mails to them, and always gotten answers to my questions.
I bought my iMac in December last year, and so far I haven't had any problems with it. I turn it off every night, and have set it to start at 7:00 AM each day. However, every week, or at least every other week I let OnyX repair Permissions, as well as the Daily through Monthly Schedules, and avery one of the options on the list.
I also run Onyx before and after software installation, folllowed by a restart. Maybe I do this too often, but so far my iMac has been running great.
The LaCie drive I have (FireWire 400, 800, and USB)energizes and mounts (shows on the screen) whenever I start the computer. However, I only plug the cable to the back of the iMac (as well as the power cord), only when I need to use the hard drive. Otherwise it's off (disconnected from the iMac and turned off).
Keep in mind that whenever you want to turn off or disconnect the drive, you should dismount it first. All you have to do is to drag the drive's icon (or icons) to the trash to dismount it. The icons will automatically show on the screen the next time you connect the drive to your computer.

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Chiefsfan212006 wrote:
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