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External Hard Drive
Replies: 15 — Last Post Aug. 28, 2008 6:55pm by pleaseremove
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Okay this crappy Dell I have had for about 5 years now is no longer able to hold all of my stuff and I do not have the cash needed to make myself one at this time. So I am planning on investing in an external hard drive to store all my music and movies and pics.

The thing about this is I do not really know any reliable ones, and I want one that I can put the stuff on it and not have to worry about it being deleted. I have a price range of between US$100 and US$150. Cannot be more than US$150.

I need one with the following:
MUST be 500GB or over
A reliable brand name

Optional:
Comes with backing up software.

So please help me out by directing me to any sites which will have them, preferably a direct link.

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Western Digital makes good ones

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mybooks are good... or at least its what i am told.  i don't have a link but a 500 GB one cost me about 100 bucks (us)

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http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=414&name=External-Hard-Drives

Here is one, the Western Digital many have mentioned for $97.99

Post edited at 5:20 pm on Aug. 28, 2008 by piemaster

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We had a Western Digital MyBook Studio 500GB and that was fairly inexpensive and came with backup software and USB2.0/FW400. It would have been around $200USD new but I'm sure it's a lot cheaper by now. It worked well, was robust and had pretty lights. I didn't use the backup software with it though because I had TimeMachine  to do that for me.

Post edited at 5:19 pm on Aug. 28, 2008 by marshmellowman

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The link was too long so I had to put this.

One of my friends has that one and he says it is really reliable and fast.

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You could buy a used Western Digital MyBook....those are alot cheaper than the new ones.


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I got this one from bestbuy

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8295196&type=product&id=1172277308863

Love the thing.. I have had 0 problems with it so far. Had it for a few months now.

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Quote: from marshmellowman at 8:16 pm on Aug. 28, 2008
We had a Western Digital MyBook Studio 500GB and that was fairly inexpensive and came with backup software and USB2.0/FW400. It would have been around $200USD new but I'm sure it's a lot cheaper by now.

yeah, i saw a 1TB one for about 175...  but they have google software on them too to help find files and such i believe

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a) buy an internal, they are slightly cheeper and sooooo easy to fit

b) use ntbackup for backing up (google how)

c) look on ebay, they have great deals for very cheep

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buy a internal and a external enclosure, put the new internal drive in your computer, reinstall windows, and put the old hard drive in the external enclosure
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A 40GB external hard drive would be a waste of my time. I would rather a 500GB one.

So please do not suggest that I buy a new internal and switch it or anything of that nature. I have already decided to buy an external hard drive, I just need to figure out which is best to buy.

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http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3905601&CatId=2422
Well rated 500GB for $70 after rebates, $90 before.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3575368&CatId=2422
Well rated 750GB for $130 after rebates.

That is if you wanted USB2.0 and not upgrade to eSATA.

If you want to get a 1TB drive you can do so for about $170 before shipping.

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