"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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External hard drives

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What's the most reliable external hard drive I could buy? I need something to hold at least 200 gigabytes, but I've had some bad experiences in the past with lost data and stuff, so I want to make sure that I buy one which will be reliable and not randomly delete everything I put in it....

Any help?
 

"Why Women Dump the Guys Who Try the Hardest"

You paid for dinner. You drove. You said "whatever you want is fine" every single time. All the effort, no expectations.

And she left anyway — probably for a guy who makes her pick up the pizza.

Painful. Also predictable. Her mind quietly concludes that anything requiring zero effort from her is worth exactly zero. You became a free sample, and free samples get taken for granted.

The 22 Rules flip the dynamic. Small shifts that get her investing effort, money, and time in you — until SHE'S the one afraid of losing YOU.

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Get a seagate and a hard drive enclosure. That'll be most reliable.
 

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Originally posted by Vincent
Get a seagate and a hard drive enclosure. That'll be most reliable.
yup
 

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I perfer Western Digital, at least the more expensive Western Digitals...

When I ran my computer company, we actually used both for different PC's... it was just about a 2:1 ratio on hard drive failures or problems we had.. (not many in all, but you hvae to keep up with this stuff) with Segate being the less reliable... maybe we just had some bad luck, but that's my exeperience with Segate.

We were getting ready to start putting Western Digital hard drives in all our pc's before I left.

I do agree with the External Hard Drive enclousre, best thing since sliced bread
 

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I think Seagates and Western digital are of comparable quality.

Just don't get a maxtor, those are pieces of sh*t.
 

"I'm Not Looking for Anything Serious Right Now"

When a woman says it, guys hear a confession. A heads-up. A scheduling conflict.

Here's the translation: I don't feel anything. Right now. With you.

Watch what happens when a man triggers actual attraction. The busy career, the recent breakup, the "not in a place to date" — all of it evaporates instantly. The same woman who was guarding her freedom is suddenly free every night.

The "22 Rules" explain why. When the right switches flip, her timeline rearranges itself around you.

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yep HDD and an enclosure

no HDD is foolproof , anything that you really give a **** about burn to DVD 1st and us the HDD as a 2nd backup
 

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I'd recommend getting a Western Digital and a USB enclosure. Don't use other interfaces because they aren't quite as universal as USB.

I'd also recommend getting an enclosure that doesn't need an AC adapter (uses power from the USB port).

I've bought Seagate, Western Digital, and Maxtor hard drives, and they all seem the same to me.

However, I've had one fellow claim that his family overall bought five different Seagate drives that all failed within six months.

Others, like Vincent apparently, don't like Maxtor.

However, I haven't heard anything bad about Western Digital drives yet. I'm sure that if I search hard enough I'll find someone who doesn't like them. But the fact that fewer people have complained about them definately says something.


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