External HD - what should i buy?

softe

softe

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Hello

Im looking into buying a new external Hard Drive for my PC, my pc now has 2gb left and I have sooooooo many music files and pictures of friends, vacation etc. that i think ill be needing a new external HD, plus its good for back up i head,
but anyhoo, a friend of mine told me about Seagate Pushbutton Backup 200GB 3.5 External Hard Drive , is that any good, or does anyone have any suggestions? I want to spend around 100 to 150 at most with at least 200GB,
not sure about brands and all but my friend told me to go with this Seagate, so any thoughts?

Thanks so much
xoxoxo
 
Definitely the way to go it to buy the enclosure and drive separate. All you would need to do is take the hard drive and slide it into your enclosure, and you've saved a bunch of money. I've done it, and it isn't too hard at all.

This would be something I would consider:
Enclosure:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=31389&CatId=2213

Drive:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2507667&CatId=523


EDIT: wait a second, there's a $50 rebate on this one, and its got good reviews. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1538960&CatId=0
 
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thanks so much for the great info Starwarsman,,,
i forgot to tell you one thing, i dont have USB2 :( although i think there is a IEEE 1394 in the back of my sound card, is hat firewire? If so i would need the HD to support that, that is why i found this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822154403
and thought it was the best deal, but still not sure about it, any advice,

thanks again for the help

xoxo
 
no, I think i want anexternal HD just so if anything happens, e.g fire, flood, etc., i can grab my external and run lol
no but i think I would want external just so it can sit on my desk, maybe just to look pretty and maybe i can put some stickers on it and call it my love LOL

anyhoo thanks for the info :*
xoxo
 
I was just saying to get an external USB hard drive, not an internal. The reason was price, but its up to you.
 
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