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    best external hard drive

    does anyone happen to know the best external hard drive around taking into account the cost as well? preferably a 320GB or 500GB. all help would be much appreciated

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    Re: best external hard drive

    For value for money, have a look at this 750gb Seagate FreeAgent for ?119.99

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    I just brought one from maplin just over a week ago, and have no complaints so far

    It is more for desktop use, rather than a portable device, but it comes with a limited 5 year Warranty.

    U can save a few quid with the vouchers U recieve when U signup online, or by purchasing a catalogue and using the vouchers in there.

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    Re: best external hard drive

    would have to agree with stew.

    got one of these babies and they rock.

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    Re: best external hard drive

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by mobzzuk Hidden Content
    does anyone happen to know the best external hard drive around taking into account the cost as well? preferably a 320GB or 500GB. all help would be much appreciated
    I've owned two different brands. Can definitely recommend the Western Digital My Book drives (I have four, 3x320Gb and a 500Gb one). No problems since purchase which must be at least six months ago.

    I also had three Maxtor One Touch drives, two failed within one year of purchase.

    Hope this helps.

    Tony

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    Re: best external hard drive

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by stewpainger Hidden Content
    For value for money, have a look at this 750gb Seagate FreeAgent for ?119.99

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    I just brought one from maplin just over a week ago, and have no complaints so far

    It is more for desktop use, rather than a portable device, but it comes with a limited 5 year Warranty.

    U can save a few quid with the vouchers U recieve when U signup online, or by purchasing a catalogue and using the vouchers in there.
    Or you could get the 500gb 7200rpm Maxtor for ?75... think this works out to be slightly cheaper/GB (15p v/s 16.6p).
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    Re: best external hard drive

    I have a seagate freeagent 500GB hard drive, and it is good, quiet and fast only downside is you lose 45GB once formatted.

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    Re: best external hard drive

    Hidden Content Originally Posted by wiiman Hidden Content
    I have a seagate freeagent 500GB hard drive, and it is good, quiet and fast only downside is you lose 45GB once formatted.


    Dude, that's normal for any HDD you use.

    160 gb actually formats to about 147, 250 actually formats to about 220-ish I think... and so on. The HDD reserves this space for its file structure / etc info.
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    Re: best external hard drive

    depends on the drive i beleive they do differ, i have a nas drive with a WD 160GB hard drive in and this only drops 8GB when formatted.

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    Hi mate get yourself a hard drive caddy preferably Sata 2 and buy yourself a big whopping hard drive online at ebay or some online shop, scan.com, overclockers.co.uk i gaurantee it will be cheaper than any external enclosure from Maplin or Pcworld.

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    Re: best external hard drive

    I just got a Lacie 250GB with a Firewire 800 connection it is fast and draws its power from the firewire cable so need for a power adaptor. I think its a great choice if you want to go mobile

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    Re: best external hard drive

    I just brought a freeagent 750gb and its very silent

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    Re: best external hard drive

    I purchased a Medion HDDrive 2 Go from ALDI about 6 months ago. It's not given me ANY hassle and is very portable. It was just under ?70 when I got it. You may be able to get them cheaper now I should think.

    Although, ALDI only seem to do things for a short period of time. Hidden Content

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    Re: best external hard drive

    I got a Western Digital 250GB hard drive last month, not as much storage as you asked for, but small enough to fit in your pocket. Great for backing up music files.

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    Re: best external hard drive

    I also have a 500Gb Aldi special had it over 6months & not a jot of bother, ?70 from memory...
    They will have them in again I am sure of that...

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    Re: best external hard drive

    Go for Seagate as the design is good and warranty is longer. Some external 2.5" drives have heating problems so go for drives with Aluminium case to dissipate heat.
    CAUTION ON ALL EXTERNAL DRIVES: Keep these drives in a stable places whilst connected as moving it roughly or any jerks most likely will damage the drive.

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