Hi Guys! I have been looking around for an external hard drive to use with my laptop. I would like no less than 250GB, preferably costing less than £100. It would also be nice if it looked good and wasnt too large. I have found this one http://www.play.com/Electronics/Electronics/4-/951837/Western_Digital_250GB_My_Book_Essential_1U_External_Hard_Drive_USB2_0/Product.html but I really dont know anything about this sort of thing. Is this make and model any good and is it a bargain? If not, do you have any recommendations?
Many thanks!
2006-10-13 00:27:55 · 10 answers · asked by Jon C 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Yes, that is an excellent deal. That is a bit cheaper than NewEgg.com where I always get great bargains.
That's a good model.
Now, when you get it. If you plan to use it for Windows XP only (not even Windows 2000), then consider reformatting it to use NTFS. You see, it comes preformatted for any computer, using Fat32. But if you reformat it to NTFS, you will get much better performance. But it will not work with Windows 95/98/ME or Machintosh after that. You can get it to work with Windows 2000, after you HUNT DOWN that fix at the Microsoft website. The FIX makes it so it can work with hard drives larger than 137GB.
I recently bought TWO 400GB models of the Western Digital My Book. Since I was using them for Windows 2003 Server, I did reformat for NTFS and they work totally awesome.
Good luck
2006-10-13 00:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 03:48:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should really have a look at other more specialist sites or even Amazon.
www.ebuyer.com
www.dabs.com
www.aria.co.uk
or for that matter type in 200Gb hardrive in Kelkoo.com and see what pops up. However it is a very good price and being WD it should be reasonable drive
2006-10-13 00:32:19 · answer #3 · answered by David Computer Guy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u dont need a very protable one, get a 3.5" one. cheapest and best performance. i recommend samsung for their performance. but you could consider hitachi which is quiet and extremely fast. or seagate because they have 5 yr warranty as compared to 3 yrs for other brands.
but if you are looking for a 2.5" hardisk, you should go with toshiba or hitachi.
dont get western digital
2006-10-13 01:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by Ask, and it shall be answered~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would consider buying an internal disk drive and a USB box that is competiable to the drive (ISE od SATA). That way is cheaper.
2006-10-13 00:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by piggy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a freecom ecternal hard drive from PC World (UK)
I paif £99 and I got 350GB one.. and it brilliant! get that highly recomended
2006-10-13 00:47:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats quite a good and the price is amazing so go for it.
2006-10-13 00:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a great deal
2006-10-13 00:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by zekips 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best to compare it on ebay
2006-10-13 00:36:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds ok to me
2006-10-13 00:35:42 · answer #10 · answered by FLOYD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋