Any reccomendations for External Hard Drive for home computer?

Answer 1

First: What are you going to use it for? For backing up large amounts of data that you use infrequently, an external hard drive is a good choice. If your computer has firewire ports, get a firewire one, since the transfer rate is faster. Otherwise, stick with USB.

How much space do you need? Buying a drive that is more that twice as large as your computer's internal hard drive is foolish. Upgrade your computer's internal hard drive instead.

If you are planning to use it for everyday data usage, like storing your music and movies that you use all the time, or installing programs to, DO NOT get an external drive. Get an internal drive. Your computer should have room for at least 2, if not 4. They are _much_ faster, cheaper, and are dead easy to install.

Whether internal or External, stick to a brand you have heard of (Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor are all good choices). Go on www.newegg.com and read reviews about the actual drive you want to buy.

Answer 2

300 gb. External Hard Drive