I am looking for an external hard drive size of about 250 GB. what do you recommend? and what should i take into consideration when buying one? Any website with an extended article about all kind of hard drives could be good as well.
Thanks!
2007-03-24 20:04:31 · 6 answers · asked by Row-e 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
If you're only going to use the external hard drive with one computer, I recommend you get a Western Digital My Book, external hard drive.
If you plan on using an external drive with more than one computer I must warn you that external hard drives, and even some USB thumb drives often have file permission issues with files that were created on a different computer than the one that the drive is connected to. An external DVD RW might be a better investment for you. And the best thing about DVD RWs is that you get unlimited space!
2007-03-24 20:15:26 · answer #1 · answered by The Quiet One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, my answer may not be the best. But, I buy them at Wal-Wort when they clear them out. Example; I got a 120 GB Seagate because at the time Wal-Wort bought up 160 GB Seagates and they sold for the same price. So, 120 GB had to go @ $50.
I know what you looking for is up there, so, can not say you find a good deal. But, Seagate been around for a long time and I have never had a problem. Though my last Computer build I went with internal Hitachi (s) and I use 160 GB on those. The reason, I feel, is when the drive is large it take time to find, so, smaller is quicker, and when I finish buying I will have 6 Hard Drives with 4 GB RAM using RAID and Dual Boots to play, but, that my opinion and it probably un-noticed anyway.
2007-03-25 03:18:10 · answer #2 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drives are fairly standard these days. Go for the one you can afford with the largest storage capacity. So it really depends what you want to do. BTW, you can now store things online from a whole host of different companies. Google too I think now provides the service.
So think through what you want it for because you may not need to buy an external hard drive.
Read this article for background information into the online storgae business
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/31/the-online-storage-gang/
2007-03-25 03:12:35 · answer #3 · answered by Paul Smith76 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WD (western digital) makes some MyBooks that i have heard good things about, also Maxstor has some in that range (i have a 100gb maxstor hooked up right now) you really can't go wrong with a name-brand drive. they're all pretty similar.
2007-03-25 03:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by MadMax08 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would just get an internal hardrive and buy and external case. its a bit cheaper and u can just keep buying hardrives. As far as brand, most are reliable and your using them for backup so it really should not matter
2007-03-25 04:17:31 · answer #5 · answered by John 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get the seagate r2d250gb or the c3p007gb www.tiavia.com
2007-03-25 03:10:47 · answer #6 · answered by j mizzle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋