Best External Hard Drive

capouchs · 10-29-2006, 10:45 PM

I'm looking for an external hard drive to back up my photos and mp3s. I've searched other websites for reviews to find out which brand works best but never find any from intelligent, computer literate people. I have a Dell Latitude laptop that is about 4 years. I also want to get a USB 2.0 card because my Dell only has one 1.1 port. So really I want to get both and make sure they are compatible. I've read a lot about how people sometimes have the problem of the computer not recognising the card or the storage device. I need your help, you guys know more about this stuff than I would. Thanks so much.

SC

nick5449 · 10-31-2006, 05:03 AM

I would definitely go with a seagate. I have two 320gb internal seagate hard drives and they're awesome. And plus, you cant beat their five year warranty.

pip22 · 10-31-2006, 08:32 AM

And a 'Belkin' USB 2.0 card. Seagate, Western Digital, or Samsung for the hard drive. It's cheaper to buy hard drive and enclosure separately in my experience -- easy to fit them together.

Sacrinyellow5 · 10-31-2006, 09:13 PM

I have had good luck with WD, Iomega, and Seagates inserted into Enclosures.
I'd have done what pip has recomended and found a 20-30 dollar enclosure an added in my own internal drive, which is usually cheaper to buy. Then you have a cheap external hd for about half the price. The only down side is some cheaper enclosures do not have fans or holes, so if you using the hd a lot then it might over heat. I have never had a problem with this when using the drives for storage.

10-29-2006, 10:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
capouchs New Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3	Best External Hard Drive I'm looking for an external hard drive to back up my photos and mp3s. I've searched other websites for reviews to find out which brand works best but never find any from intelligent, computer literate people. I have a Dell Latitude laptop that is about 4 years. I also want to get a USB 2.0 card because my Dell only has one 1.1 port. So really I want to get both and make sure they are compatible. I've read a lot about how people sometimes have the problem of the computer not recognising the card or the storage device. I need your help, you guys know more about this stuff than I would. Thanks so much. SC

10-31-2006, 09:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sacrinyellow5 Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 916	I have had good luck with WD, Iomega, and Seagates inserted into Enclosures. I'd have done what pip has recomended and found a 20-30 dollar enclosure an added in my own internal drive, which is usually cheaper to buy. Then you have a cheap external hd for about half the price. The only down side is some cheaper enclosures do not have fans or holes, so if you using the hd a lot then it might over heat. I have never had a problem with this when using the drives for storage. __________________ Harvey Pekar "Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff" ------------------------------------------------- -Tower /AMD 64x2 Dual Core 4400+ (2.3Ghz) 3 GB DDR2/Geforce 8400GS/160 SATA HD/DVD-RW/Vista Home -Laptop /Core 2 Duo T6460 (1.66Ghz)/2 GB DDR2/Intel GMA X3100/250 SATA HD/Vista Premium -Server /P4 2.26 Ghz/1 GB Ram/GeForce FX 5200/80 & 250GB HDx2/DVD-RW/XP -MAC G4(Quick Silver)/768 Mb Rams/40 GB & 2x120GB HD/DVD-RW/OSX Go Cards!

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10-31-2006, 05:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
nick5449 Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Blacksburg, VA Posts: 96	I would definitely go with a seagate. I have two 320gb internal seagate hard drives and they're awesome. And plus, you cant beat their five year warranty.

10-31-2006, 08:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
pip22 Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 30	And a 'Belkin' USB 2.0 card. Seagate, Western Digital, or Samsung for the hard drive. It's cheaper to buy hard drive and enclosure separately in my experience -- easy to fit them together.