Author Topic: external usb hdd help... (Read 2720 times)

HTH AMPS · « **on:** April 20, 2007, 09:42:48 AM »

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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_tom_ · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2007, 09:53:49 AM »

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

Philly Q · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2007, 10:39:38 AM »

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

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2007, 12:02:37 PM »

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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BloodMountain · « **Reply #4 on:** April 20, 2007, 12:59:11 PM »

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:

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #5 on:** April 20, 2007, 03:44:03 PM »

You want a Lacey D2.

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #6 on:** April 20, 2007, 06:08:34 PM »

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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TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #7 on:** April 20, 2007, 07:21:08 PM »

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!

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #8 on:** April 20, 2007, 07:34:29 PM »

Quote from: TwilightOdyssey

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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