External hard drive

[jonnie comet]

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I'm thinking about buying an external hard drive, for backing up. Decent size 160 GB ish. Any recommendations ?

Cheers

 

[Cheesy Mike]

Pretty much anything you can find on Amazon. Just search for "160gb usb" on www.amazon.co.uk

I have a 160GB Iomega USB2 drive which I am very happy with. I also have a 200GB drive which I am going to put into a generic USB2 enclosure whenever I get the chance.

One tip I would give is to make sure that your computer has USB2.0. If it doesn't then consider buying an interface card as the transfer rate at USB1.1 speeds is terrible.

regards,

Mike

 

[ianf]

iomega spammed me a few days ago with some online deal. They've cut a few prices down see

http://www.iomega-europe.com/eu/shop.aspx?category_name=hdddesktype

160GB is about the smallest option these days, might be worth going for a 250.

 

[Banjaxed]

If you're feeling flush...

The online PCWorld has 320mb Toshiba external drives for £114. That's seriously good value for that size...

 

[Aidan1150]

I have used Savastore a few times and have found their service to be pretty good.

They have a 250GB USB2 external HD for £85 here

 

[jonnie comet]

Wow.....You guys don't mess about....four replies in eleven minutes

Plenty to go on there, much appreciated

Thank you all

 

[finglonga]

I have used Savastore a few times and have found their service to be pretty good.

They have a 250GB USB2 external HD for £85 here

I got a 250 Maxtor HD from Amazon a few months ago I was looking at the Lacie brand but I found lots of reports of them failing without warning.

I have had no problems with the Maxtor and would recommend it.

Worth going for FireWire if your PC supports it too, as it speeds up the transfer times.