External Harddrives

[emac227]

I am looking for a good external harddrive for movies and such i want one with about 1TB and id like to purchase from tigerdirect.ca, ncix, or newegg.ca for whatever is cheaper


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i seen one of these in a 1TB at my local walmart and was wondering if it would worth $100?
http://www.walmart.ca/Canada-Electronic.jsp?selection=listingDetails&assetId=39726&imageId=69691&departmentId=70&categoryId=839&tabId=1

 

[voyagerfan99]

MyBook's are nice.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136395

 

[emac227]

MyBook's are nice.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136395

thanks also i have a bay on my computer called a media drive what the f is that? its a Presario Elite m9340f

 

[voyagerfan99]

thanks also i have a bay on my computer called a media drive what the f is that? its a Presario Elite m9340f

It's a "hot-swap" drive. You have to get the drive from HP and it's a way to easily swap the drive with other HP and Compaq computers.

 

[G25r8cer]

^^ Yup

Only thing is they use usb1.1 and are 2.5" laptop drives. So they are slow and expensive. You'd be better off with a 3.5" external hdd

 

[emac227]

bump updated check it

 

[Jet]

I wouldn't buy a no-name external hard drive--I'd get something like this:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822207014

It has eSATA--a bonus if your motherboard supports it.

 

[voyagerfan99]

I wouldn't buy a no-name external hard drive--I'd get something like this:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822207014

It has eSATA--a bonus if your motherboard supports it.

No name? The one I found is Western Digital.

 

[DCIScouts]

MyBook's are nice.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136395

No name? The one I found is Western Digital.

Don't get a Western Digital. They have a very sneaky/unethical warranty that starts from the date of manufacture, not the date of purchase. Completely dishonest in my opinion. (We've gotten burned several times recently because of it.)

Lacie drives are of very high quality and durability, however you do pay the price for it... http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150414 50001900&name=LaCie

If you want something more in the standard range of price, get either a Hitachi or Fujitsu; a Seagate will do as well.