I recently bought a hard drive and need help?

Question

I recently bought an external hard drive (not inside the computer), and It contains 250 GB and its a Seagate.

Well I have used it and can store all my files, but there
is a problem. I still have 1 day left to return my item.
I want to return my item for another hard drive but to be portable. I'm not sure if I should can you please help me?:D

Differeces are:
*It contains less GB's though (160-180).
*The 250 GB has to be powered by electricity and
the portable doesn't.
*The portable is way smaller that the 250 GB
(that is why its' portable) and can take it anywhere.

Answer 1

You should, if you're not worried about speed.
The smaller one probably runs at 5400rpm as the bigger on is at 7200rpm. There won't be much diffence if you are using it to transfer files, but you will feel the difference if you are playing demanding games through it.

If I were you, I would get the smaller one, less wires, less hassle, more portable. Even thought it has less space, it is still worth it.

Answer 2

You've answered your own question. It is a trade off between usefullness and capacity. I will tell you though, the larger a hd is, the more likely it will fail, and the more data on it will be lost. Portable hd use a ton of energy and will doother things to a notebook. Make sure if you use it portable, you bring along he ac adapter and do not rely on usb for power. Segate is not a bad brand, what brand is the other one. you didn't give othr specs that are in=mportant too like rpm and size of buffer. Do NOT try to save a few pennies on a HD, assuming you get it on sale, money spent on a reliable hd is all well spent.

Answer 3

You are looking for an opinion more than an answer ;-)

I think that the portable is better: no transformers and plugs needed, and you can carry anywhere.

Of course you have the penalty of less storage space, but 180 GB isn't bad anyway.

Answer 4

Get a Western Digital protable hard drive. A 160 gb version goes for around $100. Pwered through USB. 7200 rpm's. VERY FAST!

Answer 5

ok look at it this way, if your using it with a laptop, then you can use it off the usb ports nor needing external power, And are you going to use that much space? you can always save files to a cd/dvd disk. plus the portable small drive is much easier to handle

so you have to weigh up the pros and cons that suite your personal use