which external hard drive?

[patty]

morning,

need an external hard drive (about 250-320gb), can anyone suggest a good / well priced beast of a machine? ideally not looking to spend over £100...

ta!

patty

 

[FiDoDiDo]

What do you want the connection to the computer to be USB or Firewire or both?

320Gb Drives
USB - LaCie £73 - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=463634
Firewire - LaCie £100 - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=484574

 

[spirez]

I was in Staples the other day and they had one that was about 500gb for around the £100 mark

 

[7MAT]

I have owned three Lacie drives now, 250GB, 500GB and 2TB.

All have failed on me now. Will NEVER buy LaCie again!

 

[Toypop]

Amazon have some well cheap drives. £63 for 250GB.

Made by "Buffalo" who ever they are?

I have an old Maxtor one I bought a few years back now and it is still going strong. I suspect that the less you move and knock these things about the more reliable they are likely to be. They are just basic internal HD's in a plastic casing as opposed to special shock proof units. I just keep mine on the desk undisturbed...

 

[Gareth]

i've got one of these, had no problems with it :

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...m=null&tm=null&sku=518538&category_oid=-24880

 

[GaryS]

I used Western and Seagate ones, had no problems with either. Maplins had 320Gb Seagate ones for £89 when I was in there last week.

 

[beatjunkie]

western digital seem to be pretty good 250gb for around 69 notes on amazon!read alot of reviews they sound quite good

 

[jonnyjogpants]

i have one of these


http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/st...m=null&tm=null&sku=240892&category_oid=-24880

 

[patty]

thanks for your help ppl... ill get a seagate me thinks!