External Hard Drive

[toxicity_27]

Okay, so I'm looking to buy an external hard drive. I was wondering if this one a good one and is compatible with USB 1.1. Thanks for all your help.

Here's the link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144385

 

[raverx3m]

first of all check out this enclosure
http://www.sarotech.com/english/cgi/pd.cgi?cmd=view&rno=11
i had it for a year anf id give it 9 out of 10
2)western digital harddrives are on the low side id suggest maxtor or hitachi
3) USB 1.1 is hella slow
USB 1.1 is limited to a maximum of 12Mbp/s, USB 2.0 can reach transfer rate of 480 Mbps
4)try to find a external enclosure that had internal power supply (not the adapter with wire)

 

[toxicity_27]

Well my computer has USB 1.1, so uh yea, not like I can change that, nor am I in the mood to spend more money. I'm not going to get a Hitachi or Maxtor hard drive because they are crap. I don't care about the adapter with the wire because I have a plug-in for it so I could care less.

 

[raverx3m]

u have a laptop or desktop?
also what makes u say maxtor and hitachi are crap?
because with usb 1 this hd is gonna be useless i tried that for a day and went out ang got a pci card wit usb2

 

[toxicity_27]

I have a laptop as my sig says. Many people have had problems with Maxtor. I don't like Hitachi. A friend of mine had an external hard drive from Maxtor die on him and it was less than a year old. You say it's going to be useless but it will be just fine for what I'm doing. Can anyone else tell me if this purchase was a bad idea?

 

[CompGeek06]

This is what I got from Newegg. So far its worked great, I havn't done a full backup but I will soon when i redo my computer. But, It has worked great for music, apps, etc. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822154623

 

[DBD]

Maybe you should think about getting a usb 2.0 pci card because usb 1.1 is 40x slower/crappier than usb 2.0

If it takes usb 2.0, 1 minute it will take usb 1.1, 40 minutes, That's a huge difference

 

[toxicity_27]

I'm gonna get a PCI card for a LAPTOP huh? Yea, you're no help. I ordered it, case closed. I should think before I ask people to help me.

 

[raverx3m]

does ur laptop have pcmcia card slot?
if u do then u can use the PCMCIA card usb 2 adapter
this is what i had on my laptop and it worked perfect without drivers or anythign but its expensive
http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product=2554610
but newegg offers lots of them
http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=421

also i dont know howm much stuff u got hooked up to ur laptop already thru usb but once u gonna have HD thru usb1.1 all those acessories gonna share same bandwidth and if u go mouse it will freeze up while u acessing HD

 

[Ethereal_Dragon]

Does your Notebook have a wired ethernet port, or Firewire port? You could use either of these to hook up an external drive also. An etherner drive can also be hooked up to your wireless router. These (or the USB 1.1) would be a good solution if you are looking to back up your existing data.

If you are looking for additional space, you can also replace the 20 Gig drive you have now with a larger drive. I haven't had personal experience with notebook hard drives, but I have heard good things about the Samsung Spinpoint line...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822152502
The only downside to the 5400 RPM drive over what you have now is a slightly reduced battery life.