external hard drives- help.

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:14 pm

Any 1 know anything about these & maybe reccomend me a good 1?. I got no space on my pc now & its driving me mad.

I been looking on pc worlds website , any good? I need to pick 1 up this week really.

Thanks in advance

pangaea · Post by **pangaea** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:18 pm

I've got this one and it's great, seems to be very reliable.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/produc ... G32/023695

You can probably pick it up a bit cheaper elsewhere.

It's 320gig, although I reckon you could get a 500gig one for a bit more.

m9918868 · Post by **m9918868** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:19 pm

I bought this one. Very handy, I must say.

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:20 pm

sorry, just realised i posted in the wrong place...

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:20 pm

Anything by Lacie is usually quite solid, never had any problems. Get yerself tottenham court road and you can usually pick on up, pretty cheap.

320GB for £90 is a bit of a bargain.

www.microanvika.com/product.asp?TXT=INFO&PNO=EDD53267

entheogen · Post by **entheogen** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:20 pm

Are you usin PC or Mac?

What sort of media will you be storing on the harddrive?

How capacity would you like the harddrive to be?

Would you like it to have USB 2.0, firewire 400/800 or an eSATA or SATA connection?

What's this got to with Dubstep?

PC World have cheap harddrives but not particularly good. Most of their hard drives will be fine for non-proffesional usage requirements though.

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:20 pm

Id advise a Maplins or a CPC. Also online ... www.scan.co.uk

Or alternatively buy an IDE hard drive and a usb case for it as below.

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... drive+case

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:27 pm

Thanks peeps. appreciate the quick reply's..decisions, decisions..

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:28 pm

Entheogen wrote:Are you usin PC or Mac?

What sort of media will you be storing on the harddrive?

How capacity would you like the harddrive to be?

Would you like it to have USB 2.0, firewire 400/800 or an eSATA or SATA connection?

What's this got to with Dubstep?

PC World have cheap harddrives but not particularly good. Most of their hard drives will be fine for non-proffesional usage requirements though.

i realized i posted in the wrong place.

i need it to back all my tunes up more then anything.. but to also clear everything else such as pic ect..

stormfield · Post by **stormfield** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:24 pm

www.ebuyer.co.uk

loads of sweet deals on here... recently got a 500 gig for just over a hundred quid

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:29 pm

from my experiences the lacies are pretty tempremental

get very hot, and quite erratic with being recognised by my pc

LEQ · Post by **LEQ** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:47 pm

A few people I know have drives made by these guys and they are facking good apparently http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/

few on ebay - http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... arch&fgtp=

dj slums · Post by **dj slums** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:56 pm

seagate, toshiba, or you can buy a caddy, and fit any internal hdd in it.

however, best deal ive seen recently is on amazon - 500 gb, western digital, only £115.00

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Western-Digital ... 726&sr=8-2

kaizen · Post by **kaizen** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:35 pm

cyrus........ get the one i showed you mate! decent price and next day delivery man!

relaks · Post by **relaks** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:49 pm

LaCie's can be a pain. I've particularly had problems with the one designed by porsche...whatever that one's called.

Look at many, many customer reviews on the internet before purchasing. My two pents.

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:58 pm

check pcworld or curry's innit, adverts about 400gig fer 85 or summat. i got a freecom brand one n its nice n quick.

cody · Post by **cody** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:10 pm

ive got a maxtor 320 gig (although its bulit by seagate)

got it at pc world for under a bill think theyve got a deal on

not problems so far, think it would be good for music use.

i do film so would have preferred to get one with firewire as the maxtor only has usb, but i think audio files are smaller so shouldnt be a problem

random trio · Post by **random trio** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:41 pm

Thanks again for the your help. spoilt 4 choice now..

dj slums · Post by **dj slums** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:44 pm

weston digital 500 gb for 115 is best deal by far!!! check my prev post.

do not get packard bell ext hdd, as there are lots of faulty ones knocking about pcw dixons etc. i know, im a repair agent for them....

echo wanderer · Post by **echo wanderer** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:50 pm

cody wrote:ive got a maxtor 320 gig

Yup.

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