External Hard Drive
 

Hey guys, looking for another external hard disk, as my Seagate drive went kaput, and couldn't be repaired. Am currently looking at this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/LaCie-Hard-D...2039360&sr=8-1 but am open to suggestions as I would like one that is going to be reliable. Max budget is £65.00

TIA

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How about this?
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Pr...B-2-0-External

Although, if you increased your budget to 95 you could get this
http://www.microdirect.co.uk/Home/Pr...2-0-Hard-Drive

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The one priced at £95 has less space than the first one.... odd?

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ALDI are selling a 500Gb USB drive for under £60 if you're quick... it self-powers off the USB socket. My son is using one on his TV to turn it into a PVR.

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You should have gone to specsavers. The first drive is a 1Tb, the second is a 2Tb.

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Aria are selling off a Michael Jackson 'This is it' Gold coloured 500Gb 2.5 inch external drive for £37.49 (it's a Samsung S42 S2 drive). Not everyone's taste, but a bargain price for a 500Gb drive. http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/...roductId=39481

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this was £49.99 last week http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199267

its now £64.99 so if your in no rush keep an eye on it.

or search hotukdeals http://www.hotukdeals.com/search?act...h&keywords=1tb

1tb WD at morrisons for £40!!!

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I have one of those, they look like poo, but they work well enough. Good for the price, I was in need of a new drive and didn't want another powered one. I'm pleased with it and I can't fault it at all (but I do keep the case on it to cover the embarrassing look of it).

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Thanks guys, and apologies, lord Nikon It was a 2TB drive

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Anyone got any opinions on Hitatchi or Western Digital Elements drives? are they reliable?

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I swear on WD myself... hitashi you normally have their deskstar in it...which is aka deathstar.

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I had seen a WD on amazon, for £57. 1TB, so will go for that :)

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I have 3 2tb western digital drives in my pc and they are fast and quiet and run cool.

How about getting a normal hdd and then get a caddie for it as it will then cost you around £60 or maybe even less dependant on where, you buy the drives from.

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TBH its the hassle of fitting the drive to the enclosure, that bothers me

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It normally just slot's in and then the lid slides closed not hard really but some do ask you to screw the drive in so that, if you are going to be moving it around then the drive doesn't move inside it.

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I've got a couple of WD Passport HDD both are 320 GB, no problems with them I use one for DVDs that I rip to them and play on my netbook.

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I have both the 1TB LaCie mentioned in the first post and a 1 TB WD Elements bought from Amazon a few months ago (the WD was on sale for £45).
Both are smashing little quiet units, but the Lacie seems to transfer files smoother and quicker, and also has the added bonus of a HDD activity light on the front, whereas the WD has just a tiny white LED at the back.

Strangley though, the WD from Amazon UK came with a 3 pin adapter on a 2 pin plug, which I found weird :/

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All of my external hard drives are 'Medion' brand, sold by ALDI. The advantage to me is that my Medion computer has a dedicated 'bay' which provides power ESATA & USB connectors for the drives, however they also work 'standalone' using an external power supply & either an ESATA or USB lead.

I've had a 500GB unit for 3 years, a 750GB unit for 2 years and 2 1TB units for around a year - all have performed 100% (Although the 500GB unit gets a little warm ...)

- the down side is that they are sold on a 'when they are gone, they're gone' basis, rather than being a stocked item.

In my opinion, even if anyone doesn't have a Medion computer with the dedicated connection bay, they are worth looking at for use with any computer with an ESATA connector, as not many external drives provide this interface & it is so much faster than USB, (Until USB 3 is standard, anyway)

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Don't be a plank like me. I had one of those and put it on a chair next to me whilst transferring files. I got up, caught one of the wires on my foot, and the drive fell on the floor. Dead as a Dodo. Be careful where you put it. A two foot dop can kill a hard drive...

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I have a 1tb Hitachi plugged into my media centre. Powers up & down when its switched on\off so there is no need to manually do it. It does what it says on the tin, its quiet & stores data :)

When that one is full I will add another Hitachi drive, think I paid £56 for it from tesco about a year ago.

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So its either

WD
LaCie
Hitatchi

narrows it down cos I can just concentrate on 3 makes, but I night take a looki into LaCie as ive heard very good things about them

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The downside of Lacie is power supplies, like pricey to replace and not lasting long.
(Replacement power supply like 30 pounds inc 10 pounds postage, must be joking.)
So 24 months after purchase, bought new enclosure inc powersupply 15 pounds.
Brian

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Bought this Western Digital Elements 1TB USB 2.0: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...ef=oss_product

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I have been using one of these docking stations for a few months LINK
I'm using it via the E-SATA connection but it can be used via USB2.
Comes with all cables PS etc. and when connected via USB it also becomes a 3 Port USB Hub together with a power take-off.
I see that they have a USB3 version in stock now.

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I do this too. I have a set of 1Tb and 2Tb drives that I use to make off site backups via an add in e-sata card to the sata dock. The dock sits on top of the computer and is a constant reminder to me that I should back up.

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Western Digital external hard drives are the best, reliable and non expensive.