External Hard Drives

[philinho]

I'm after a new one. I want one over 1TB but don't want to pay over about £120. I also don't want a shite one that is slow on the data transfer point as I'll be streaming media from it over my network.

Any recommendations?

I have this one <a class="postlink" href="http://www.maplin.co.uk/1tb-seagate-expansion-portable-hard-drive-508706" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.maplin.co.uk/1tb-seagate-exp ... ive-508706</a>
I stream media from it all the time so it seems to be fast enough, and only £80

 

[Why Always Ste]

Sorry to hijack damocles, anyone know where I can get a very cheap thingy to put my old encrypted HDD in once my new laptop gets encrypted on Monday so I can get all my files off it.

http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/hard-drives-ext/enclosure-(35-525)-sata make sure its the right size though so your hard drive will most likely be a 3.5

How can I check? Is it literally unscrew it and measure?

Look at the side of the HDD that displays the HDD info, not the disk side.

Example:

<a class="postlink" href="http://inlandcomputerservices.com/catalogo/images/Maxtor_MaxLine_III_250GB_IDE133.jpeg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://inlandcomputerservices.com/catal ... DE133.jpeg</a>

If you look on the disk it will say the size of the HDD, on the example on the right it says 3.5

 

[Skashion]

I have this Samsung USB3 drive: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008PABFX8/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008PABFX8/</a>

I have no complaints, other than if you test its scratch-resistant surface with a key, you won't be happy. Oh, and you might want to order a longer wire whilst you're at it: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003WV5DO2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003WV5DO2/</a><br /><br />-- Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:31 pm --<br /><br />

http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/hard-drives-ext/enclosure-(35-525)-sata make sure its the right size though so your hard drive will most likely be a 3.5

How can I check? Is it literally unscrew it and measure?

Upload a picture Ill tell you what it is.

It's a laptop so it'll almost certainly be a 2.5.

 

[Long_Jong_Silva]

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.ebuyer.com/320104-hitachi-2tb-touro-desktop-hard-drive-usb-3-0-black-0s03398" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.ebuyer.com/320104-hitachi-2t ... ck-0s03398</a>

2TB usb 2.0/3.0 £80 plus delivery.

There's alot more on the site but this is on offer atm i think.

 

[Banned Tosspot]

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.hotukdeals.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.hotukdeals.com</a>

There's been a few floating around on there lately.

 

[Lost Pilot]

This might interest some

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[Banned Tosspot]

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