What external hardrive for my laptop
23 December 2006, 09:29 PM
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What external hardrive for my laptop
I want to back up all my pics and music on a n external drive also maybe a few films etc, prob looking at 40gig.
Dont want on with a seperate power requirement, needs to be powered by USB.
Any sudgestions what one and wher eto get, it needs to be small enough to fit in my case too
Many thanks
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Dont want on with a seperate power requirement, needs to be powered by USB.
Any sudgestions what one and wher eto get, it needs to be small enough to fit in my case too
Many thanks
Cookie
23 December 2006, 11:27 PM
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I've got a couple of Freecom external drives. They're pretty quick, very reliable, take a few knocks, and run off the usb2 power (no external power needed). Recommended.
24 December 2006, 10:30 AM
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It's pretty much only the 2.5 drives that will run off USB, take a look at Buffalo Ministation or Fujitsu Handydrive. Some great prices around for 100GB.
I've got a couple of drives I've just bought the drive and the enclosure seperate and I'm toying with the idea of the Icybox leather one with built in cable.
Western Digital look great but have had some really crap consumer reviews.
Good luck, let us know what you go for.
I've got a couple of drives I've just bought the drive and the enclosure seperate and I'm toying with the idea of the Icybox leather one with built in cable.
Western Digital look great but have had some really crap consumer reviews.
Good luck, let us know what you go for.
24 December 2006, 11:10 AM
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Freecom also do a media player which is basically a hard-drive that will connect directly to a stereo system or TV as well as a PC via USB i have had mine for a year and its pretty good
24 December 2006, 11:25 AM
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had loads of lacie ext drives over the years...fairly high failure rate 
IMHO the best ones are these guys.
http://www.g-technology.com/
g-drive mini will do the job
IMHO the best ones are these guys.
http://www.g-technology.com/
g-drive mini will do the job
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24 December 2006, 11:41 AM
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I put a spare laptop drive into a cheap enclosure, bit of a pain as USB alone can't power it up, I have to plug in another USB power lead to spin the drive up, then can unplug the power.
24 December 2006, 12:05 PM
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PC World has a bargain at the moment 320GB Seagate drive for £79.99
SEAGATE ST3320620U2-RK External Hard Drives at PC World - Shop for a cheap External Hard Drive including the SEAGATE ST3320620U2-RK.
You can even walk in to a store anf pick it up. I've bought one recently and it works well and runs cool (both the drive and power adapter).
Edit: Sorry, didn't read your post fully. Just realised this would be no good if you want a USB powered drive.
SEAGATE ST3320620U2-RK External Hard Drives at PC World - Shop for a cheap External Hard Drive including the SEAGATE ST3320620U2-RK.
You can even walk in to a store anf pick it up. I've bought one recently and it works well and runs cool (both the drive and power adapter).
Edit: Sorry, didn't read your post fully. Just realised this would be no good if you want a USB powered drive.
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