Show us the best price for a portable 500GB external hard drive?

[Deleted Member I]

Best I have found is a WD one from PC world website.

£60 for 500GB

Any better deals out there?

 

[Mick_rw]

Novatech

novatech

 

[Deleted Member I]

novatech

Thanks but I was looking for a portable one not a desktop one

This one is the closest but a bit more money than PC world but the nearest stock is in Oxford

 

[Mick_rw]

Sorry...

Thanks but I was looking for a portable one not a desktop one

realised after I had posted.....

 

[ianf]

What's it for, backup or just using like a massive flash drive to take stuff into work.

If it's backups, cheap is not necessarily best.

iomega/wd/seagate all in the 80-90 quid league.

 

[STUBBS]

thisis what i use for my netbook

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Dig...4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1256418237&sr=8-4

 

[Canuck]

I have a seagate and really please with it. Also... if anyone else is looking it is so much cheaper to reserve online and collect in store... I saved about 20 quid from PC world.

Indecisive... I can collect one from exeter and post it to you (FOC and special delivery) if you like... I think they have a few of the 500gb. Let me know.

 

[richie]

they are as cheap as chips, just be decisive and buy one...

 

[Deleted Member I]

I have a seagate and really please with it. Also... if anyone else is looking it is so much cheaper to reserve online and collect in store... I saved about 20 quid from PC world.

Indecisive... I can collect one from exeter and post it to you (FOC and special delivery) if you like... I think they have a few of the 500gb. Let me know.

Thanks for the offer

I think I will go get it in Oxford and then I can pop into NOG as well

they are as cheap as chips, just be decisive and buy one...

100%

 

[Loiq]

G raid are the best drives we've ever used very nice but expensive or Lacie rugged drives are good but can be a pain in the R's cos they spin up too long after being turned off.

costs from £100 -150

 

[Pondboy]

The WD 500Gb is a lovely little disk drive. Small, huge and nice looking. Sounds like a good price.

Download SyncToy 2.0 from Microsoft. A nice utility to backup without encryption (You get a encryption backup tool on the Passport, but it takes an age to run a backup.) PB

 

[Myke Rocks]

Western Digital

thisis what i use for my netbook

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Dig...4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1256418237&sr=8-4

Maybe I have just been unlucky, though postings on various websites suggest otherwise, but:
I have lost 4 western digital 2.5 hard drives due to Master Boot Record Failure.
In the immortal words of Oscar Wilde:
To lose one parent is unfortunate, to lose two smacks of carelesness!
I was therefore careless.
Myke

 

[ian6760]

I was in Macro the other day and spotted that they had a 1TB external HD @ £50 in their promo booklet.

 

[Rushy]

I bought a western digital 500GB from Currys for £45 2 weeks ago , normally £60

 

[Deleted Member I]

Found this 500GB portable drive for under £60

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/177266

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

Maybe I have just been unlucky, though postings on various websites suggest otherwise, but:
I have lost 4 western digital 2.5 hard drives due to Master Boot Record Failure.
In the immortal words of Oscar Wilde:
To lose one parent is unfortunate, to lose two smacks of carelesness!
I was therefore careless.
Myke

and i had a similar thing with 2 Seagates - i think it was a flakey ram problem that did it on bootup - worth checking cos its unlikely to be 4 drives that are faulty

ps WD Passport ext hd is brilliant

 

[Wreford Miles]

Thanks but I was looking for a portable one not a desktop one

That's a lot of capacity, watch your back it will be quite heavy when full

 

[Deleted Member I]

That's a lot of capacity, watch your back it will be quite heavy when full

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Don't quit the day job though

 

[Buz]

Seagate 1Tb Expansion USB 3.5"

How about a Seagate 1Tb Expansion USB 3.5 for 67 quid? (Dabs.com) Dont know much about memory but seems a decent price