External Hard drive - cheapest and best place to buy one?
04 April 2007, 12:08 PM
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External Hard drive - cheapest and best place to buy one?
Hi
I want to back my computers up and this seems an ideal way of doing it.
I have seen some reconditioned ones on ebay but don't fancy that.
Looked at 250gb and 320gb and Amazon are selling some cheap ones.
Anyone recommend anywhere else?
I want to back my computers up and this seems an ideal way of doing it.
I have seen some reconditioned ones on ebay but don't fancy that.
Looked at 250gb and 320gb and Amazon are selling some cheap ones.
Anyone recommend anywhere else?
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If you want an external HDD then the ones suggested above are good.
I did notice that you said backup your computerS. You may want to consider a more expensive option of a NAS drive. These are external HDD with a network card built into them. This means that you can leave them on all the time if you want under a desk and attached to your network.
That way, any machine can backup at any time. You don't have to go to the hassle of plugging in an external drive.
Example:
Lacie d2 Gigabit Ethernet/USB 2.0 250GB External Hard Drive
I did notice that you said backup your computerS. You may want to consider a more expensive option of a NAS drive. These are external HDD with a network card built into them. This means that you can leave them on all the time if you want under a desk and attached to your network.
That way, any machine can backup at any time. You don't have to go to the hassle of plugging in an external drive.
Example:
Lacie d2 Gigabit Ethernet/USB 2.0 250GB External Hard Drive
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Ebuyer's got a special on this weekend, 500GB Maxtor for 90 quid
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The NAS option can be as cheap as an external hard drive - if you buy a separate HDD & caddy and put it together yourself (takes about 30 seconds plus a couple of miniutes to configure it). Shopping around, I managed to buy a complete 250Gb NAS solution for 80 quid. Just use something like Froggle to get the cheapest price for the kit.
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The NAS option can be as cheap as an external hard drive - if you buy a separate HDD & caddy and put it together yourself (takes about 30 seconds plus a couple of miniutes to configure it). Shopping around, I managed to buy a complete 250Gb NAS solution for 80 quid. Just use something like Froggle to get the cheapest price for the kit.
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