External harddrives

[Uhfan]

Hey i was thinking about buying an external harddrive. Can anyone recommend a good one to purchase?

[ehh]

Re: External harddrives

I had an old seperate HD that didn't fit into my new computer, so I bought an external hard drive enclosure kit. I'm not sure if that's what you're trying to do, but it's something I'd look into.

[ShaKobe]

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I have an external 250 GB Western Digital drive. It's great for backing up your files, as well as just having a good portable drive. I have had it for about 6 months or so now and have never had any issues with it. I think it was about $.75 cents a gig back when I got it. Now, you can find one for maybe $160 or so for the same size.

They also have ones that have built on 8-in-1 memory card readers and things like that for a media center. There's a bunch of different ones and sizes. Ranging from 2GB to 500 GB. So, it just depends on what you need.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

[Heelfan71]

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I was actually thinking of getting this one. It's a 250gb for $119

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1538960

[dieselboy]

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Do you just plug into your USB?

I really don't know much about external HDs. But I may want to get one...

[Vince]

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Do you just plug into your USB?

I really don't know much about external HDs. But I may want to get one...

I'd like one too.

So does this act like your regular hard drive? You can put program files into it?

[jmw1137]

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It works exactly like a regular hard drive. I personally have 3 Seagate 300GB externals and 1 Maxtor 80GB external...all are very reliable. I prefer the Seagate's because they sleep when not in use for a while (saves power) and it has a power button (a lot of externals don't have power buttons).

The Seagate's I use are on sale until tomorrow at Best Buy for $149 (after rebates) which is a very good deal: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1122654273195

[Vince]

Re: External harddrives

It works exactly like a regular hard drive. I personally have 3 Seagate 300GB externals and 1 Maxtor 80GB external...all are very reliable. I prefer the Seagate's because they sleep when not in use for a while (saves power) and it has a power button (a lot of externals don't have power buttons).

The Seagate's I use are on sale until tomorrow at Best Buy for $149 (after rebates) which is a very good deal: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1122654273195

Are these the same as USB Flash drives?

[dieselboy]

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So you just plug them into the USB?

[Uhfan]

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Thanks for all the replies guys, really helped me out a lot.

Merry Christmas all.

[Heelfan71]

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So you just plug them into the USB?

yeah, that is it. I am getting one to store all my photos, home videos. My 100gb on my computer is almost full.

[dieselboy]

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yeah, that is it. I am getting one to store all my photos, home videos. My 100gb on my computer is almost full.

I need one as well...for Photos + Videos.

[spin1993]

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Is it possible to copy Program/Application files such as Dreaweaver to external drives instead of installing it? I have some old programs that I would like to transfer, but I don't have the install cds anymore.

Thanks

[Uhfan]

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Update:

I just picked up the seagate 100GB external harddrive from compusa for $100. Seems like a great investment, i was able to free up tons of space on my orginal harddrive and it is really user friendly. The external hardrive took about 3 minutes to set up and now im just transferring over my "files" to it.


Works great, two thumbs up, thanks for the help.

Now any recommendations for a good flat screen computer monitor???

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: External harddrives

well i plan on getting a new computer soon, and i figure this is the best route to back up my files. not a bad deal man.