well, my 1.5 year old dell laptop hard drive is on its way out [moaning and indications from diagnosis some bad sectors....]
dell had sent me a replacement drive, but now i want to get a portable drive before i switch it out. as i dont have firewire or usb2, i know i have to do that bit also. i have a network card for my dsl in the slot so i will get a small port for the usb2/firewire bit read is faster.
any suggestions on portable hard drive you all like? a bit tired of the heavy dell so size matters....what other criteria should i consider? price always an issue. thanks.
I bought the 60G Lacie drive. Its super good looking and really small. Its a slightly overpriced due to porsche name on it, but I got a good deal on ebay. lacie
ive had 2 maxtor 80 gigs have have crapped out on me..but this was about an year back
i like my 250G iomega a lot, but its adivsed not to move it around a lot.
Get an internal desktop harddrive (Seagate / Maxtor / Western Digital) and install it in an external aluminum harddrive casing with firewire / USB2... It'll be cheaper and its the same thing as an external drive. Installation is easy... Just slide it in, plug in two cables and you're set.... If you buy an external drive at a smaller computer shop, the drives are usually made this way.
I bought a 200 GB Western Digital internal drive, plus a USB2 aluminum external case for about $160 total... You might be able to build one even cheaper if you hunted for a cheaper case.
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Portable harddrive, firewire + usb2....
well, my 1.5 year old dell laptop hard drive is on its way out [moaning and indications from diagnosis some bad sectors....]
dell had sent me a replacement drive, but now i want to get a portable drive before i switch it out. as i dont have firewire or usb2, i know i have to do that bit also. i have a network card for my dsl in the slot so i will get a small port for the usb2/firewire bit read is faster.
any suggestions on portable hard drive you all like? a bit tired of the heavy dell so size matters....what other criteria should i consider? price always an issue. thanks.
I like my Maxtor 250 gig drive. Affordable, and I hear the software is decent (although, for some aweful reason, I don't use it), and it's fast.
PC Mag just did a comparison of a bunch of them.
I bought the 60G Lacie drive. Its super good looking and really small. Its a slightly overpriced due to porsche name on it, but I got a good deal on ebay. lacie
anything smaller than 100G - get an iPod or any other media device player, otherwise its just not worth the $$
lacie all the way.., althought my iomega 120 gig usb2 and firewire.. is very nice as well
I use my 40GB ipod, works nicely, i should just get a USB2.0 cable for it as not all pc's have firewire..
I can recommend the Maxtor - we have a couple of drives in the studio, and that one never has any trouble. Thing is solid.
ive had 2 maxtor 80 gigs have have crapped out on me..but this was about an year back
i like my 250G iomega a lot, but its adivsed not to move it around a lot.
Get an internal desktop harddrive (Seagate / Maxtor / Western Digital) and install it in an external aluminum harddrive casing with firewire / USB2... It'll be cheaper and its the same thing as an external drive. Installation is easy... Just slide it in, plug in two cables and you're set.... If you buy an external drive at a smaller computer shop, the drives are usually made this way.
I bought a 200 GB Western Digital internal drive, plus a USB2 aluminum external case for about $160 total... You might be able to build one even cheaper if you hunted for a cheaper case.
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