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Old 16 May 2010, 11:29 AM
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Default Need a decent cheap external backup hard drive

I need a decent small backup drive ideally 2.5" so its usb powered etc either 320gb or 500 gb just for videos and photos for a weekly backup

I was looking at this but it gets iffy reviews http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digi...3610817&sr=8-1

any recommendations on others that are small but not over £70
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I use a couple of Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB drives

I use them as offline backups disks containing pics, home videos, data etc and they sit in my safe, I get them out once a month to update.

Never had any problems with them.

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I use a couple of Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB drives

I use them as offline backups disks containing pics, home videos, data etc and they sit in my safe, I get them out once a month to update.

Never had any problems with them.

They seem ok thanks will look into them
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This standard seagate seems ok http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-500g...outThisProduct
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Looks good mate, USB powered, not too expensive and some good reviews.

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Super think I will go for that then
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