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I apologize for asking the same question that has been asked before,
but I'm in the market for an external hard disk drive for the SE 
and would like some opinions. At the moment I'm looking into three
different drives:

Microtech Nova 50 meg
  Currently on sale. Salesman claims their drive is rated in top 10%
  for speed, although admits access time is only 65 ms. But claims that
  just access time is not a good way to compare performance. One of the
  very nice features of this drive is a 5 year warranty. This drive was
  chosen by Dartmouth College for exclusive sale to students and
  staff.

CMS 60 meg
  Uses a Seagate drive. Best feature: good price locally.
  40 ms access time. 1 year warranty.

Jasmine 45 meg
  Well known for providing good reliable drives. Comes with SUM and
  Redux backup software. 40 ms access time. 1 year warranty.

As far as prices go, the drives are in the order

	 CMS 60  <  Microtech 50  <  Jasmine 45

but there is only a $60 difference between the bottom and top prices
(approximately in the mid $700 range).

I would like very much to hear from anyone, either pro or con,
regarding any of these three drives, or any other drives that might be
recommended. Things I don't know about any of them are how compact they
are, how good their drive software is, how noisy they might be.

Perhaps replys by mail would be best, and I will summarize to the net.
Thank you.
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