I read with interest the discussion regarding using external hard drives  
for backup purposes.  I'm not really sure if this is the correct forum for  
my question.  I have a DirecTV dvr with a USB port on the front.  I'm  told 
it is to allow an external hard drive for recording programs.  Having  this 
in mind, would software for backup purposes be redundant or even  needed?  
I've seen the WD My book 2TB external hard drive on sale for less  than $150 
and was considering getting one and plugging it into my dvr.  Has  anyone had 
any experience with this?  I already use carbonite to backup my  pc.
 
TIA,
Kevin Nowicki

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