Need advice on buying portable HD

[wongb18c]

Need a portable HD to go with laptop, I never bought or had experience buying external HD. Before buying I thought its best to ask on what to buy to meet my needs. Looking for around 80GB, can't be too big or heavy. Please, leave any suggestions.

I understand I can go online and search my self but its always better this way from experience.

 

[FlashDude]

Do you have firewire on your laptop?

 

[FlashDude]

If you have firewire then This one's pretty nice
IOGEAR 80GB firewire1394 /usb 2.0

Just a USB 2.0 one Western Digital Essential 80gb

 

[karine_fowler]

Hi there. I've always used Seagate, they have excellent performance and tech support. If that's not a big deal for you then I'd recommend Kingston and Western Digital. Here's a useful buyers guide: http://www.pickyguide.com/computers_and_software/portable_hard_drives_guide.html

 

[saltynay]

seagate arent suppose to be great with external hdds only internal. wd id recomend ive got a maxtor one touch which is great but it isnt really portable lol

Matt

 

[traderonline]

im using this :
http://www.superwarehouse.com/Maxtor_One_Touch_80GB_External_USB_Hard_Drive/A01B080/p/351835

there is also a push button backup technology.

 

[D.Arbib]

Buy Desktop with plug-in hard drive

I am in the UK. I want to buy a desktop computer which has front removable hard drive facility. This is because I want to use XPpro on one drive, partitoned with 32 bit and 64 bit versions. and I need to be able to take this out and replace with Vista versions

I have tried some existing suppliers but all use 3 bay cases so tried bespoke assemblers and got negative responses

I am fed up with searching the internet and hope that someone can assist - I am not competent enough to assemble a computer and the best suggestion so far, was to have two computer systems!

 

[Ultra Steel]

Build it yourself!

I've had GREAT LUCK buying an inexpensive bare drive, like an 80GB 3.5" laptop drive, buying a separate enclosure for $20, and putting it together myself. I've built 2 for my house and one for a friend who travels a lot with her laptop.


If you can turn screws and properly plug in EIDE cables, you should look into a bare drive and enclosure.

Best of luck!

 

[D.Arbib]

I repeat, I am not happy to build a system with video, audio. blue ray DVD, CD and power supply. I have a system with internal dual hard drives and it is a tedious process to replace these.

So I just hope that someone can guide me to somewhere appropriate.

 

[TopGunHomer]

I've never been impressed with IOGear. I personally like either Seagate, Western Digital, or Maxtor. I've had great luck with the three of them. Maxtor's One Touch series are pretty compact and light.

If you want ultra-portable, you may want to try Sony's MicroVault. I don't remember the storage capacity, but they are about the size of a deck of cards.