I have a black drive where I store everything, including my OS. I need to get a backup drive and was looking at the WD greens and wondering if that setup would work. I just ask because I was reading some thread where the guy said they would bottleneck or something. Sounds ludicrous to me, but I'm a noob so I figured I should ask.
WD Black boot drive with WD green for backup
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Hawkeye22
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Green drives work well as storage drives. This is what they were designed for. You wouldn't want to use one as a boot drive. So, I guess it depends on what you mean by backup. Do you mean you will store disk backups to the green drive or do you mean use the green drive as a backup/replacement drive in case the black drive fails? Using it for disk backups is fine. I wouldn't recommend using it as a replacement drive.
I mean using the green drive to backup my entire system, in case the black drive fails or gets erased or what have you. Sadly I am unfamiliar with backing up my data, since I have never really done it. So a have a few questios:
Why wouldn't you recommend using a green drive as a backup/ replacement drive? What sort of configuration would you recommend to back up my entire computer?
Also, what is the difference between a disk backup and a replacement drive?
Why wouldn't you recommend using a green drive as a backup/ replacement drive? What sort of configuration would you recommend to back up my entire computer?
Also, what is the difference between a disk backup and a replacement drive?
Hawkeye22
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As stated, using backup software to create backup files on the green drive is fine. If you plan on using the green drive as a replacement boot drive, that is not recommended as it will be slower than a standard drive. You always want a fast boot drive.
A disk backup has to be restored to a new drive. A replacement drive is usually a clone of the boot drive and if the boot drive fails, you can just use the replacement drive as the boot drive.
A disk backup has to be restored to a new drive. A replacement drive is usually a clone of the boot drive and if the boot drive fails, you can just use the replacement drive as the boot drive.
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