External Hard Drive?

[Anaheim*Rob]

Not a regular USB, an older USB, 1.1 to be exact. Anything from the past couple years should have USB 2.0.

You know what I mean. One's high speed and the other one is not, but the 1.1's are still pretty common depending on when you bought your computer.

 

[TONY206]

I knew what you mean but 90% of the users here will think they need to go get a USB PCI card to get faster speeds.

 

[t_lux]

i got a trextor 250 gig ..just connect it and turn it on.

 

[28g w/o the bag]

whatever you do, don't expect these hard drives to be immortal.

i had a LaCie external drive that conked out after 4 years... and out of all the times it could've died, it did so while i was backing that bitch up

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[|GOD|||ZILLA|]

I knew what you mean but 90% of the users here will think they need to go get a USB PCI card to get faster speeds.

i'm one of those 90%

lol@ea pothead proverb

 

[28g w/o the bag]

lol@ea pothead proverb

yeah i was really, really stoned when i typed that

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[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

Well if you look you'll see the 320GB version is originally more and is on a bigger sale. I have the 250Gb one and it works great. I also have an extra 250GB (same exact one sealed) if you want to buy it.

And I always use Western Digital or Seagate. Fuck a Maxtor, nothing but problems.

right so the 320s better? id be interested but id probably want a warranty so im going this way,i wonder how buy.com is if they trustworthy

 

[|GOD|||ZILLA|]

as far as i know they're very reputable .. but circuit city got the 500Gb my book for 199.99.. if you want it same day

 

[dj-j2k]

good thread. im lookin forward to buy a external hd

 

[TONY206]

right so the 320s better? id be interested but id probably want a warranty so im going this way,i wonder how buy.com is if they trustworthy

So 320GB vs 250GB of the same drive for the same price and you're asking which is better? WOW.

I just bought some shit from Buy.com, they are reputable.

 

[ESFCE]

I bought a 500 GB MyBook in the $200 price range, it works good. Only thing is, as i was transferring everything, I remembered i left my fone charger behind the drive, reached for it and boom, the HD fell on the floor (about a 1 foot drop) and seeing as the power button is a fat circle in the front, it turned off and corrupted all my data,, then i brought it to CompUSA where they charged around 70 bucks and they restored like 85-90% of my shit.

But anyway, I recommend the MyBook.....get the USB one, Firewire is more money and you really dont see a noticable speed difference. I dont think Ill ever need more storage in my life..500 gb.

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

I bought a 500 GB MyBook in the $200 price range, it works good. Only thing is, as i was transferring everything, I remembered i left my fone charger behind the drive, reached for it and boom, the HD fell on the floor (about a 1 foot drop) and seeing as the power button is a fat circle in the front, it turned off and corrupted all my data,, then i brought it to CompUSA where they charged around 70 bucks and they restored like 85-90% of my shit.

damn so we cant turn the b itch off if we do our datas lost? that sucks

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

So 320GB vs 250GB of the same drive for the same price and you're asking which is better? WOW.

I just bought some shit from Buy.com, they are reputable.

lol well just making sure im not missing something one has the other dont, how about that discount google checkout have ya tried that? something seems fishy about it

and do you think the warranty plan is really needed theres 1-2 yr plans dont most last wayy longer than that?

 

[TONY206]

lol well just making sure im not missing something one has the other dont, how about that discount google checkout have ya tried that? something seems fishy about it

and do you think the warranty plan is really needed theres 1-2 yr plans dont most last wayy longer than that?

Google is offering that because they trying to get as popular as Paypal. I used it to get $10 off a jersey from Sportsauthority, $20 off a video card from buy.com, and $20 off a bluetooth headset from buy.com over the past week. The discount does not show on your buy.com bill it will be applied by Google checkout.

 

[ESFCE]

damn so we cant turn the b itch off if we do our datas lost? that sucks

naw turning it off dont make you lose your data, it just turned off as the data was transferring and it caused some permanent damage cause off the disc being in use as it that happened.

 

[4fifteenRolla]

western digital always gets the thumbs up.

i never been the one to get a pc from no shit like dell or compaq cuz i couldnt pick n choose the brands of parts i wanted in the pc

 

[BayCal]

I'm not really familiar with these external drives, but are you able to install programs in these drives and run it smoothly????

 

[THIZZ.I.IZ.]

thats what im wondering i got shit installed on my pc right now programs whatever, but would i want to uninstall most everything and install stuff back into the new drive when i get one???? or is it good where its at (i was thinkin thats what theyre to be put to use for to take the strain off using my normal computers hard drive)

 

[Lambo Ryda]

i think its great
especially if u got a notebook

at moment i have 250 giga
and had no programms to reinstall all work from where they was before

 

[hella_numb]

i got the mybook 500 gig hard drive. i got the premium one that comes with firewire/usb and it has a neon blue light, the cheaper one has a green light and no firewire. I love the hard drive tho you can put all your files on it. i changed it from fat32 to ntfs so can transfer files over 4.3 gigs onto it. I dont know if you can run programs off it, i reformatted it when i got it cus it came with some bullshit on it. but if you got lots of music or video then this is a big help and it keeps all your shit in one place.