I have a Dell laptop and have filled 1/2 of the hard drive with my music. It is starting to effect performance so I want to move all music and my iTunes software to an external hard drive to improve my laptop performance. Is this a good idea? What features should I look for when shopping?
2006-09-11 08:33:37 · 7 answers · asked by Kim 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Size- for what you want to do, say 60GB to 80GB drive size
Connectivity- either firewire or USB 2.0, if you dont know if you have a firewire port, get the USB kind.
Speed- go with one that spins at 7200 RPM, ask someone at the store about it.
Manufactuer- go with Seagate, Western Digital or Iomega External drive. Dont get a Maxtor, they tend to burn up over time (become unuseable)
Good luck
2006-09-12 09:17:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purchase an External HD at least twice the size of your HD on the laptop.
Since music takes a lot of space you should look at 160 GB or larger. My Wal-Mart sells Seagate HD at very reasonable prices.
2006-09-11 08:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just bought this at Fry's a few weeks ago:
http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-External-FireWire-Drive-Backup/dp/B0006FS1Z0/sr=8-1/qid=1158003539/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-6204797-4947164?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
It's been great so far. Very quiet, easy setup, no problems.
2006-09-11 08:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by Djibouti 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look for speed and noise. You want to have at least USB2 connection and make sure it runs quiet.
2006-09-11 08:38:11 · answer #4 · answered by Bruce__MA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Connectivity to your machine (probably USB), large size (>200Gig).
Go to newegg.com and search on external hard drives. awesome site. even awesomer prices!
2006-09-11 08:42:24 · answer #5 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
GO TO http://www.iomega.com
These ARE THE BEST IN THE WORLD!!!
2006-09-11 10:58:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fast data transfer and a big harddrive
2006-09-11 08:38:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋