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Suggestions on External Hardrives
Does anyone have any suggestions on an external HD? I am looking for something in the 250gb-350gb range that runs on high speed USB for XP. My budget is around $250.
I have never bought an external HD before so I am not sure what companies are the most reliable and which ones are the best. I am getting close to filling my 100gb HD on my laptop and I need something to last me. Thanks for any help!!! |
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I usually look at stuff from
newegg or Computer Geeks Depends on what I am looking for. They usually have good deals. Juan |
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I've got an 80gb Western Digital that I've had 2 years so far without any problems
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Thanks for the info guys. I am thinking about getting a Western Digital Internal IDE 3.5" drive and purchasing an external case for it. This seems to be the cheaper and better way to go.
Does anyone else have any input? Thanks again!
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I too would just buy the model/brand drive I want, then get an enclosure for it. It should be slightly more expensive, but you know more about the drive (specs, life, etc)
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I bought a Maxtor as a backup drive when it was on sale. Seems fine to me.
http://www.maxstore.com/product.asp?sku=2603453 |
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Just rember that the exteral hard drives require its own power supply.... or at least mine does and I assume all 3.5 HD's will. The smaller "laptop" drives might be different and be able to run in the USB power alone but You'd have to check into that.
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The enclosures that I am looking at for the internal HD comes with all the cables needed to hook up the 3.5 HD. It has its own fan and ports so it basically make it into the same thing you would buy as an external HD.
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Besides the Western Digital HD's can anyone else suggest another quality brand?
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Maxtor, Samsung, Seagate, and Hitachi.
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My "external" hard drive is a spare PC p4 -1.7g in the basement with a 120g hd in it. Cost - free
If my main PC dies, I can simply bring that one upstairs & use it - with all my data already there Or I can use my laptop & access the data |
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I'll never buy another Maxtor for the rest of my life. I had 3 in a row fail on me. The warranty replacements are sitting in a drawer. They are the Rios of hard drives as far as I'm concerned.
Seagate, and Hitachi are decent, although I heard wind of Hitachi having problems just around the time they were rebranded from IBM.
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I fix computers for a lot of schools the number 1 hard drive to fail is maxtor..When we get replacements they send wd, or seagate which i have never seen fail. So that should tell you something
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Thanks for the info guys, I will stick with a WD or a Seagate
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