Best external hard drive 250gb

[Jay]

Looking at spending about £40-50 on an external hard drive.

Any recommendations? And where from?

 

[Leeshez]

Have you tried maplin?

 

[richy22]

I take your 250 and raise you to 1TB...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001GO9ERE/300003336-21/?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

 

[Steve]

Just looking into this myself, any recomendations for 500gb/1t??

 

[richy22]

^^^^

 

[Jay]

Have seen the 1TB but not sure if it would be a little excesive for my needs? But that one is reasonably priced...

I'll mainly be storing photos and a bit of music.

 

[richy22]

For the sake of an extra £15-16 your getting 4 times the amount of storage space...yes it might seem excessive but im sure if you got a 250gb one then filled that up you'd go "arse I wish id got a bigger one now"

Thats just my view of course and theres plenty of better offers about I just found that one quickly.

 

[Jay]

Yeah know what your saying, cheers

 

[Adam]

1TB for the win. You can never have too much ...

 

[richy22]

Some of the 1TB USB ones I see people moaning about transfer speeds...but I dont see a problem with storing it on them to stream off???

Any geeks got an input???

 

[DeeKay86]

I take your 250 and raise you to 1TB...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001GO9ERE/300003336-21/?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

I have had that 1TB WD Elements hard drive for about 8 months now, havent had any problems! Transfer speed is spot on as expected, WD is a good trusted brand and I have reccommended this HDD loads of times and everyone I know has been happy with it!

Make sure to re-format it when it arrives to NTFS (unless you're using it on a MAC).

I paid £90 for it btw!

 

[chris_p]

I´ve currently got a desktop, and thinking about getting a laptop with an external hd to keep all my stuff on so my laptop doesn´t get slugish.

Would that work? Or is it a pain in the arse tranfering to the external all the time?

 

[McBunny]

it would work but it will still slow down its just the way of the world like seasons and all that you can fight it but it will always win


i find it an arse forgetting to plug it in and take it with me etc

 

[Steve]

I have had that 1TB WD Elements hard drive for about 8 months now, havent had any problems! Transfer speed is spot on as expected, WD is a good trusted brand and I have reccommended this HDD loads of times and everyone I know has been happy with it!

Make sure to re-format it when it arrives to NTFS (unless you're using it on a MAC).

I paid £90 for it btw!

Just got myself one

 

[DeeKay86]

Just got myself one

Yay!!! I lied by the way, its rubbish and I now use it as a doorstop.

(kidding!)

 

[Jay]

Still after one of these, I don't want one that you have to plug into the mains but runs off USB...

1TB would be better but more expensive I guess?

Peoples thoughts on this?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0012IAA8G/?tag=cliospnet01-21

Or if you can do better please shout (no mains remember)

 

[McBunny]

will only get 2.5inch drives that require no mains

 

[Andy.]

Some of the 1TB USB ones I see people moaning about transfer speeds...but I dont see a problem with storing it on them to stream off???

Any geeks got an input???

I bought an external case with an e-sata connection. It is loads faster than USB and saves hours on my backups. When you get into TB territory, it is definitely worth getting e-sata if you are actually going to be transferring 1TB of data regularly.

 

[Jay]

will only get 2.5inch drives that require no mains

Is that a good or bad thing?

 

[FiXX]

I take your 250 and raise you to 1TB...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001GO9ERE/300003336-21/?m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

tesco have the very same drive for the same price in store at teh moment.

 

[McBunny]

Is that a good or bad thing?

neither really although they are slower