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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: HTH AMPS on April 20, 2007, 09:42:48 AM
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ok, so I'm wanting an external hdd for my laptop so I can dump all my music on it - anyone got advice/recommendations on what to get/what not to get? don't really want to spend much more than £100 unless there are major benefits.
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I got one of these the other day, seems good so far, and apparently Seagate drives are meant to be pretty good.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/200GB-Seagate-External-USB2-Hard-Drive-wit-5yr-Warranty_W0QQitemZ230115804825QQihZ013QQcategoryZ16178QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Maplin have been having a lot of special offers on external hard drives recently. I got a 400GB Seagate a couple of months ago and now they have this 400GB Maxtor for £75:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115248&TabID=1&source=1&doy=20m4
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I've heard Seagate are pretty decent and I've had Maxtor HDDs before (no complaints).
Best I've seen is 500Gb Seagate USB HDD on ebay for £89.00
I'll checkout Maplins when I'm in town today.
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my bro has a Toshiba 160Gb external HDD and he has no problems with it yet, it runs fine... awesome! i need to get one too :twisted:
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You want a Lacey D2.
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Lacey, yeah right TO - I'll just get a 2nd mortgage while I'm at it too (heh) :lol:
Case closed, I got a 400Gb Maxtor at Maplins for £89.00 - works like a charm, jobs a good 'un.
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LOL. Well, the D2 is what my engineer recommended to back up all the Pro Tools data from our last sessions, and It's worked flawlessly. And I trust his opinion!
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LOL. Well, the D2 is what my engineer recommended to back up all the Pro Tools data from our last sessions, and It's worked flawlessly. And I trust his opinion!
yep, they are VERY good (faster than shite off a shovel) but also pricey too. they're popular in pro recording studios so that tells you they're gonna be pricey right away.
The Maxtor I got works fine for me - can't believe you can buy 400Gb of storage for £89, it's just mental. I can still remember the days when PC's had dual 5.25" floppy drives and no hdd - one of the floppy drives was to run DOS and the other to run your software.
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